Cardinal Woodpecker
Dendropicos fuscescens
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyPicidae (Woodpeckers)
- GenusDendropicos
- SpeciesDendropicos fuscescens (Cardinal Woodpecker)
Closest Relatives at Moremi Game Reserve
Bearded Woodpecker
Chloropicus namaquus
Bennett's Woodpecker
Campethera bennettii
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Campethera abingoni
Crested Barbet
Trachyphonus vaillantii
Black-collared Barbet
Lybius torquatus
Greater Honeyguide
Indicator indicator
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus chrysoconus
Lesser Honeyguide
Indicator minor
Acacia Pied Barbet
Tricholaema leucomelas
Green-backed Honeyguide
Prodotiscus zambesiae
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Prodotiscus regulus
📅 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 Moremi Game Reserve?
About 8% of visitor-days record a Cardinal Woodpecker sighting in Moremi Game Reserve, based on 105 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Cardinal Woodpecker in Moremi Game Reserve?
September has the highest sighting rate for Cardinal Woodpecker in Moremi Game Reserve in our monthly data.