Olive Woodpecker
Dendropicos griseocephalus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyPicidae (Woodpeckers)
- GenusDendropicos
- SpeciesDendropicos griseocephalus (Olive Woodpecker)
Closest Relatives at Mkomazi National Park
Cardinal Woodpecker
Dendropicos fuscescens
Eastern Grey Woodpecker
Dendropicos spodocephalus
Nubian Woodpecker
Campethera nubica
Bearded Woodpecker
Chloropicus namaquus
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Campethera abingoni
Mombasa Woodpecker
Campethera mombassica
D'Arnaud's Barbet
Trachyphonus darnaudii
Moustached Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus leucomystax
Red-and-yellow Barbet
Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
Black-throated Barbet
Tricholaema melanocephala
Lesser Honeyguide
Indicator minor
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
| # | 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 Mkomazi National Park?
About 19% of visitor-days record a Olive Woodpecker sighting in Mkomazi National Park, based on 62 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Olive Woodpecker in Mkomazi National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Olive Woodpecker in Mkomazi National Park in our monthly data.