Rufous Woodpecker
Micropternus brachyurus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyPicidae (Woodpeckers)
- GenusMicropternus
- SpeciesMicropternus brachyurus (Rufous Woodpecker)
Closest Relatives at Nagarhole National Park
Black-rumped Flameback
Dinopium benghalense
Streak-throated Woodpecker
Picus xanthopygaeus
White-bellied Woodpecker
Dryocopus javensis
Brown-capped Woodpecker
Yungipicus nanus
Heart-spotted Woodpecker
Hemicircus canente
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Leiopicus mahrattensis
Lesser Yellownape
Picus chlorolophus
White-naped Woodpecker
Chrysocolaptes festivus
Common Flameback
Dinopium javanense
Speckled Piculet
Picumnus innominatus
White-cheeked Barbet
Psilopogon viridis
Malabar Barbet
Psilopogon malabaricus
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · 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 Rufous Woodpecker in Nagarhole National Park?
About 8% of visitor-days record a Rufous Woodpecker sighting in Nagarhole National Park, based on 109 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Rufous Woodpecker in Nagarhole National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Rufous Woodpecker in Nagarhole National Park in our monthly data.