Bearded Woodpecker
Chloropicus namaquus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyPicidae (Woodpeckers)
- GenusChloropicus (African Pied Woodpeckers)
- SpeciesChloropicus namaquus (Bearded Woodpecker)
Closest Relatives at Lake Mburo National Park
Nubian Woodpecker
Campethera nubica
Cardinal Woodpecker
Dendropicos fuscescens
Little Green Woodpecker
Campethera maculosa
African Grey Woodpecker
Dendropicos goertae
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Campethera abingoni
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker
Dendropicos poecilolaemus
Rufous-necked Wryneck
Jynx ruficollis
Elliot's Woodpecker
Dendropicos elliotii
Spot-flanked Barbet
Tricholaema lacrymosa
Crested Barbet
Trachyphonus vaillantii
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus bilineatus
Double-Toothed Barbet
Lybius bidentatus
📅 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 Bearded Woodpecker in Lake Mburo National Park?
About 6% of visitor-days record a Bearded Woodpecker sighting in Lake Mburo National Park, based on 60 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Bearded Woodpecker in Lake Mburo National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Bearded Woodpecker in Lake Mburo National Park in our monthly data.