Black-backed Woodpecker

Closest Relatives at Isle Royale National Park

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	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
2	Voyageurs National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
3	Isle Royale National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
4	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
5	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
6	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
7	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
8	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
9	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
10	Denali National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
11	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
12	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
13	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
14	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
15	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
16	Wood Buffalo National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
17	Nahanni National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
18	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
19	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
20	Kluane National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
21	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Black-backed Woodpecker in Isle Royale National Park?

About 3% of visitor-days record a Black-backed Woodpecker sighting in Isle Royale National Park, based on 11 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Black-backed Woodpecker in Isle Royale National Park?

January has the highest sighting rate for Black-backed Woodpecker in Isle Royale National Park in our monthly data.