Pygmy Woodpecker

Pygmy Woodpecker

Yungipicus kizuki

50–60% · Likely
overall probability at Nikko National Park

Closest Relatives at Nikko National Park

Great Spotted Woodpecker
LC

Great Spotted Woodpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dendrocopos major

50–60% · Likely
Japanese Green Woodpecker
LC

Japanese Green Woodpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Picus awokera

20–30% · Possible
White-backed Woodpecker
LC

White-backed Woodpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dendrocopos leucotos

10–20% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

60–70
Jan
70–80
Feb
60–70
Mar
70–80
Apr
60–70
May
40–50
Jun
30–40
Jul
40–50
Aug
60–70
Sep
50–60
Oct
60–70
Nov
60–70
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Nikko National Park 🇯🇵 Japan
50–60%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Pygmy Woodpecker in Nikko National Park?

About 58% of visitor-days record a Pygmy Woodpecker sighting in Nikko National Park, based on 230 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Pygmy Woodpecker in Nikko National Park?

April has the highest sighting rate for Pygmy Woodpecker in Nikko National Park in our monthly data.

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