Piculus chrysochloros
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The golden-green woodpecker (Piculus chrysochloros) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Panama and every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay. The golden-green woodpecker's taxonomy is unsettled. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) and the Clements taxonomy recognize these six subspecies:
However, a 2013 study found that they are not "diagnosable units". Subspecies P. c. xanthochlorus has at times been treated as a separate species. Some authors treat the golden-green woodpecker and the yellow-browed woodpecker (P. aurulentus) as a superspecies.
This article follows the six-subspecies model. The... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 8 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 9 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-green Woodpecker sighting in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, based on 108 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 294th most-seen of the 550 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–March, May and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-green Woodpecker in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in January, April and June–November, the lowest months. Those are among Tambopata National Reserve's wettest months, with about 320 mm of rain a month against 45 mm in July.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden-green 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 Golden-green Woodpecker sightings, Tambopata National Reserve ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in El Impenetrable National Park (Argentina, about 20%), Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (Brazil, about 10%) and Chapada Diamantina National Park (Brazil, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden-green Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Tambopata National Reserve (108 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.
