Olive Woodpecker
Dendropicos griseocephalus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyPicidae (Woodpeckers)
- GenusDendropicos
- SpeciesDendropicos griseocephalus (Olive Woodpecker)
Closest Relatives at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Elliot's Woodpecker
Dendropicos elliotii
Cardinal Woodpecker
Dendropicos fuscescens
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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 4 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 7 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 8 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 9 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 11 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 12 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 13 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 14 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Olive Woodpecker in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Olive Woodpecker sighting in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, based on 56 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Olive Woodpecker in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Olive Woodpecker in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in our monthly data.