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Lineated Woodpecker

Dryocopus lineatus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
at Tikal National Park
903 Verified sightings at Tikal National Park From 2019 to 2026
19,129 Verified sightings across all 79 parks From 2019 to 2026
December Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Lineated Woodpecker

The lineated woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus) is a very large woodpecker which is a resident breeding bird from southern Mexico to northern Argentina and Trinidad in the Caribbean. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the lineated woodpecker in his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected in Cayenne, French Guiana. He used the French name Le pic noir hupé de Cayenne and the Latin name Picus niger cayanensis cristatus. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the 12th edition, he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson. One of these was the lineated woodpecker. Linnaeus included a terse description, coined the binomial name Picus lineatus, and cited Brisson's work. The specific name lineatus is Latin and means "lined" or "marked with lines". The lineated woodpecker is now one of six species that the International Ornithological Committee (IOC) and the Clements taxonomy place in the genus Dryocopus. The... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Tikal National Park

Pale-billed Woodpecker
LC

Pale-billed Woodpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Campephilus guatemalensis

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
LC

Golden-fronted Woodpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Melanerpes aurifrons

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely
Chestnut-colored Woodpecker
LC

Chestnut-colored Woodpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Celeus castaneus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
Golden-olive Woodpecker
LC

Golden-olive Woodpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Colaptes rubiginosus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
Smoky-brown Woodpecker

Smoky-brown Woodpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Leuconotopicus fumigatus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
Velasquez's Woodpecker

Velasquez's Woodpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Melanerpes santacruzi

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Acorn Woodpecker
LC Endemic

Acorn Woodpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Melanerpes formicivorus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
LC

Black-cheeked Woodpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Melanerpes pucherani

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Yucatán Woodpecker
LC

Yucatán Woodpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Melanerpes pygmaeus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
LC

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sphyrapicus varius

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
LC

Ladder-backed Woodpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dryobates scalaris

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Keel-billed Toucan
NT

Keel-billed Toucan

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ramphastos sulfuratus

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

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 Daily sighting probability
1 Tikal National Park 🇬🇹 Guatemala
~40%
2 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
3 Calakmul Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~30%
4 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
5 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
6 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~20%
7 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
8 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
9 Celaque National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~20%
10 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
11 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
12 Emas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
13 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
14 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~20%
15 Madidi National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
~20%
16 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
17 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~10%
18 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
19 Cordillera Azul National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
~10%
20 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
21 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
22 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 🇧🇿 Belize
~10%
23 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
24 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~10%
25 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
26 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
27 Anavilhanas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
28 Biotopo Cerro Cahuí 🇬🇹 Guatemala
~10%
29 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
30 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
~10%
31 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
~10%
32 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
33 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
34 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
35 Puracé National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
36 Amacayacu National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
37 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~10%
38 Henri Pittier National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~10%
39 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
40 Pico Bonito National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~10%
41 El Triunfo 🇲🇽 Mexico
~10%
42 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
43 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
44 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
45 Podocarpus National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~10%
46 Brownsberg Nature Park 🇸🇷 Suriname
~10%
47 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
48 Canaima National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~10%
49 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~10%
50 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
51 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
52 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%
53 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
54 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
55 La Tigra National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~10%
56 Cusuco National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~10%
57 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
58 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
<5%
59 Amboró National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
<5%
60 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
61 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
62 Machalilla National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
<5%
63 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
64 Caroni Swamp 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
<5%
65 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
66 Chingaza National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
67 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
68 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
69 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
70 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
71 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
72 Noel Kempff Mercado National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
Insufficient data
73 Utría National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
74 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
75 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
76 Cañón del Sumidero National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
77 Volcán Barú National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
78 Poás Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
79 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Lineated Woodpecker in Tikal National Park?

About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Lineated Woodpecker sighting in Tikal National Park, based on 903 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Lineated Woodpecker in Tikal National Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Lineated Woodpecker in Tikal National Park in our monthly data.

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