Colaptes pitius
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The Chilean flicker (Colaptes pitius) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Argentina and Chile. The Chilean flicker was originally described as Picus Pitius. For a time it was put in the monotypic genus Pituipicus that was later merged into Colaptes. The Chilean flicker and Andean flicker (C. rupicola) are sister species.
The Chilean flicker is monotypic. The Chilean flicker is about 30 cm (12 in) long and weighs 100 to 163 g (3.5 to 5.7 oz). Males and females have the same plumage except on their heads. Adult males are dark slate gray from forehead to nape; the last occasionally has a hint of red. They are buffish from their lores around the eye to the nape with fine black or black and red spots on the malar area that show as a diffuse patch. Their chin and throat are buffish white with black spots on the lower throat. Adult females have a buffish malar area with no spots and never any red on the nape. Both sexes have blackish brown upperparts with narrow white to buff-white bars; their rump is white with sometimes a few black spots. Their flight feathers are dark brown with pale... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 2 | Torres del Paine National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 3 | Nahuel Huapi National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santiago | 🇨🇱 Chile |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chilean Flicker sighting in Nahuel Huapi National Park on a given day, based on 137 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 47th most-seen of the 111 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, July, September and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Chilean Flicker in Nahuel Huapi National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August, the lowest month.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chilean Flicker sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Chilean Flicker sightings, Nahuel Huapi National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park (Chile, about 30%) and Torres del Paine National Park (Chile, about 20%).
Same family: Picidae
The closest relatives of the Chilean Flicker that you can see in Nahuel Huapi National Park (family Picidae, Woodpeckers) are Magellanic Woodpecker (about 10%) and Striped Woodpecker (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chilean Flicker is recorded against all the birds logged in Nahuel Huapi National Park (137 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.
