Picus puniceus
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The crimson-winged woodpecker (Picus puniceus) is a species of bird in the woodpecker family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It can grow up to 25 cm long. Its diet is mainly insects and larvae. It is a bright and colourful bird that is hard to misidentify. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 7 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 8 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 9 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Crimson-winged Woodpecker sighting in Sepilok on a given day, based on 250 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 105th most-seen of the 242 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September–October and December–July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Crimson-winged Woodpecker in Sepilok on a given day, against under 5% in August and November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Crimson-winged 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.
4th of 9
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Crimson-winged Woodpecker sightings, Sepilok ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia, about 20%), Taman Negara National Park (Malaysia, about 20%) and Way Kambas National Park (Indonesia, about 10%).
Same family: Picidae
The closest relatives of the Crimson-winged Woodpecker that you can see in Sepilok (family Picidae, Woodpeckers) are White-bellied Woodpecker (about 30%), Banded Woodpecker (about 20%) and White-rumped Woodpecker (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Crimson-winged Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Sepilok (250 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.
