Dendrocopos macei
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The fulvous-breasted woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, India and Myanmar. The freckle-breasted woodpecker was formerly considered conspecific with this species.
A medium-sized, pied woodpecker. Upperparts black, heavily barred white. Undertail red, breast and belly buff with light flank barring and slight side streaking. Withish cheeks partly bordered by black line. Crown red in male with orange forehead, black in female.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Media related to Dendrocopos macei at Wikimedia Commons Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 2 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 6 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 7 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Savar | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 2 | Tamluk | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Dhaka | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 4 | Guwahati | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Chattogram | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 6 | Berhampore | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Kathmandu | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 8 | Dehradun | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker sighting in Sundarbans National Park on a given day, based on 342 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 48th most-seen of the 177 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker in Sundarbans National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December, the lowest month. That is one of Sundarbans National Park's wettest months, with about 480 mm of rain against 15 mm in January. May and June have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Fulvous-breasted 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.
3rd of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker sightings, Sundarbans National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Chitwan National Park (Nepal, about 30%) and Manas National Park (India, about 30%).
Same family: Picidae
The closest relatives of the Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker that you can see in Sundarbans National Park (family Picidae, Woodpeckers) are Black-rumped Flameback (about 30%), Greater Flameback (about 20%) and Streak-throated Woodpecker (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Sundarbans National Park (342 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.
