Celeus torquatus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The ringed woodpecker (Celeus torquatus) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The ringed woodpecker was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1780 in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux from a specimen collected in Cayenne, French Guiana. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-colored plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle, which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name, but in 1783 the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name Picus torquatus in his catalogue of the Planches Enluminées. Early in the 20th century the ringed woodpecker was placed in its own genus Cerchneipicus. By the middle of the century Cerchneipicus had been merged into its current genus Celeus that was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1831. The generic name is from the Ancient Greek word keleos for... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 4 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Ringed Woodpecker sighting in Yasuní National Park on a given day, based on 273 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 186th most-seen of the 533 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Ringed Woodpecker in Yasuní National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October and December, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ringed Woodpecker sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Ringed Woodpecker sightings, Yasuní National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Anavilhanas National Park (Brazil, about 10%).
Same genus: Celeus
The closest relatives of the Ringed Woodpecker that you can see in Yasuní National Park (genus Celeus, Neotropical Crested Woodpeckers) are Cream-colored Woodpecker (about 20%), Chestnut Woodpecker (about 10%) and Waved Woodpecker (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ringed Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Yasuní National Park (273 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.
