Cardinal Woodpecker
Dendropicos fuscescens
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyPicidae (Woodpeckers)
- GenusDendropicos
- SpeciesDendropicos fuscescens (Cardinal Woodpecker)
Closest Relatives at Lake Nakuru National Park
Eastern Grey Woodpecker
Dendropicos spodocephalus
Nubian Woodpecker
Campethera nubica
Bearded Woodpecker
Chloropicus namaquus
Eurasian Wryneck
Jynx torquilla
Rufous-necked Wryneck
Jynx ruficollis
Greater Honeyguide
Indicator indicator
White-headed Barbet
Lybius leucocephalus
Red-fronted Barbet
Tricholaema diademata
Lesser Honeyguide
Indicator minor
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Indicator variegatus
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus bilineatus
Spot-flanked Barbet
Tricholaema lacrymosa
📅 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 Lake Nakuru National Park?
About 9% of visitor-days record a Cardinal Woodpecker sighting in Lake Nakuru National Park, based on 80 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Cardinal Woodpecker in Lake Nakuru National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Cardinal Woodpecker in Lake Nakuru National Park in our monthly data.