White-backed Woodpecker

Closest Relatives at Nikko National Park

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	Białowieża National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	20–30%
2	Nikko National Park	🇯🇵 Japan	10–20%
3	Taroko National Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	0–10%
4	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	<5%
5	Gauja National Park	🇱🇻 Latvia	<5%
6	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	<5%
7	Jiuzhaigou National Park	🇨🇳 China	Insufficient data
8	Tatra National Park	🇸🇰 Slovakia	Insufficient data
9	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a White-backed Woodpecker in Nikko National Park?

About 12% of visitor-days record a White-backed Woodpecker sighting in Nikko National Park, based on 47 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see White-backed Woodpecker in Nikko National Park?

February has the highest sighting rate for White-backed Woodpecker in Nikko National Park in our monthly data.