Bearded Woodpecker
Chloropicus namaquus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyPicidae (Woodpeckers)
- GenusChloropicus (African Pied Woodpeckers)
- SpeciesChloropicus namaquus (Bearded Woodpecker)
Closest Relatives at Samburu National Reserve
Nubian Woodpecker
Campethera nubica
Cardinal Woodpecker
Dendropicos fuscescens
Eastern Grey Woodpecker
Dendropicos spodocephalus
African Grey Woodpecker
Dendropicos goertae
Red-and-yellow Barbet
Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
D'Arnaud's Barbet
Trachyphonus darnaudii
Black-throated Barbet
Tricholaema melanocephala
Red-fronted Barbet
Tricholaema diademata
Lesser Honeyguide
Indicator minor
Greater Honeyguide
Indicator indicator
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 Bearded Woodpecker in Samburu National Reserve?
About 6% of visitor-days record a Bearded Woodpecker sighting in Samburu National Reserve, based on 59 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Bearded Woodpecker in Samburu National Reserve?
April has the highest sighting rate for Bearded Woodpecker in Samburu National Reserve in our monthly data.