Picus xanthopygaeus
Silhouette: Martin Bulla, based on John Cox's illustration · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The streak-throated woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus) is a species of woodpecker found in the Indian subcontinent. It occurs in drier woodland, from lowland to the foothills of mountains. A medium-sized, green woodpecker with streaked throat and scaly whitish underparts. Green above with yellowish rump, white supercilia and white and black moustache. Crown red in male, blackish in female. Tail dark and plain. Smallish, dark bill.
The streak-breasted woodpecker has pale eyes, denser underpart streaking, and a thinner pale moustache stripe. The laced woodpecker has less underpart streaking and a warm yellowish hue all over the neck. The scaly-bellied woodpecker has streaked belly feathers, but unstreaked breast and throat plumage. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 2 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 9 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Eravikulam National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Horton Plains National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 15 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 16 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chattogram | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 2 | Tamluk | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Berhampore | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Dhaka | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 7 | Dehradun | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Kollam | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Streak-throated Woodpecker sighting in Manas National Park on a given day, based on 116 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 168th most-seen of the 377 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Streak-throated Woodpecker in Manas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to October, the lowest months. That is one of Manas National Park's driest months, with about 40 mm of rain against 1070 mm in June.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Streak-throated Woodpecker sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
9th of 16
Of the 16 parks where we can rate Streak-throated Woodpecker sightings, Manas National Park ranks 9th at about 10%. The best odds are in Royal Bardia National Park (Nepal, about 40%), Jim Corbett National Park (India, about 30%) and Nagarhole National Park (India, about 20%).
Same genus: Picus
The closest relatives of the Streak-throated Woodpecker that you can see in Manas National Park (genus Picus, Green Woodpeckers and Allies) are Lesser Yellownape (about 20%) and Grey-headed Woodpecker (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Streak-throated Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Manas National Park (116 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
