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 Tsavo East National Park
Nubian Woodpecker
Campethera nubica
Mombasa Woodpecker
Campethera mombassica
Cardinal Woodpecker
Dendropicos fuscescens
Little Green Woodpecker
Campethera maculosa
Eurasian Wryneck
Jynx torquilla
D'Arnaud's Barbet
Trachyphonus darnaudii
Green Barbet
Stactolaema olivacea
Red-and-yellow Barbet
Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
Spot-flanked Barbet
Tricholaema lacrymosa
Black-throated Barbet
Tricholaema melanocephala
Greater Honeyguide
Indicator indicator
Green Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus simplex
📅 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 Tsavo East National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Bearded Woodpecker sighting in Tsavo East National Park, based on 29 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Bearded Woodpecker in Tsavo East National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Bearded Woodpecker in Tsavo East National Park in our monthly data.