Gecinulus grantia
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The pale-headed woodpecker (Gecinulus grantia) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is a bamboo specialist, and a montane bird.
A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2017 found that the pale-headed woodpecker was embedded within the genus Dinopium and was a sister species to the olive-backed woodpecker (Dinopium rafflesii). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 3 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-headed Woodpecker sighting in Namdapha National Park on a given day, based on 87 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 140th most-seen of the 298 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.
October and December–March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-headed Woodpecker in Namdapha National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and November, the lowest months. Those are among Namdapha National Park's driest months, with about 95 mm of rain a month against 660 mm in July. June to September have too few records to rate.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pale-headed 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.
Among the best
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Pale-headed Woodpecker sightings, Namdapha National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Cat Tien National Park (Vietnam, about 10%) and Royal Manas National Park (Bhutan, about 10%).
Same family: Picidae
The closest relatives of the Pale-headed Woodpecker that you can see in Namdapha National Park (family Picidae, Woodpeckers) are Bay Woodpecker (about 40%), Lesser Yellownape (about 20%) and Greater Yellownape (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pale-headed Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Namdapha National Park (87 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.
