Cardinal Woodpecker
Dendropicos fuscescens
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyPicidae (Woodpeckers)
- GenusDendropicos
- SpeciesDendropicos fuscescens (Cardinal Woodpecker)
Closest Relatives at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Elliot's Woodpecker
Dendropicos elliotii
Olive Woodpecker
Dendropicos griseocephalus
African Grey Woodpecker
Dendropicos goertae
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker
Dendropicos poecilolaemus
African Piculet
Sasia africana
Golden-crowned Woodpecker
Chloropicus xantholophus
Rufous-necked Wryneck
Jynx ruficollis
Nubian Woodpecker
Campethera nubica
Bearded Woodpecker
Chloropicus namaquus
Little Green Woodpecker
Campethera maculosa
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus bilineatus
Grey-throated Barbet
Gymnobucco bonapartei
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Cardinal Woodpecker in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park?
About 16% of visitor-days record a Cardinal Woodpecker sighting in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, based on 286 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Cardinal Woodpecker in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Cardinal Woodpecker in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in our monthly data.