Cardinal Woodpecker
Dendropicos fuscescens
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyPicidae (Woodpeckers)
- GenusDendropicos
- SpeciesDendropicos fuscescens (Cardinal Woodpecker)
Closest Relatives at Ruaha National Park
Nubian Woodpecker
Campethera nubica
Bearded Woodpecker
Chloropicus namaquus
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Campethera abingoni
Little Green Woodpecker
Campethera maculosa
D'Arnaud's Barbet
Trachyphonus darnaudii
Greater Honeyguide
Indicator indicator
Spot-flanked Barbet
Tricholaema lacrymosa
Black-collared Barbet
Lybius torquatus
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus bilineatus
Crested Barbet
Trachyphonus vaillantii
White-headed Barbet
Lybius leucocephalus
Lesser Honeyguide
Indicator minor
📅 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 Ruaha National Park?
About 22% of visitor-days record a Cardinal Woodpecker sighting in Ruaha National Park, based on 60 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Cardinal Woodpecker in Ruaha National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Cardinal Woodpecker in Ruaha National Park in our monthly data.