Cardinal Woodpecker
Dendropicos fuscescens
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyPicidae (Woodpeckers)
- GenusDendropicos
- SpeciesDendropicos fuscescens (Cardinal Woodpecker)
Closest Relatives at Volcanoes National Park
Olive Woodpecker
Dendropicos griseocephalus
African Grey Woodpecker
Dendropicos goertae
Rufous-necked Wryneck
Jynx ruficollis
Western Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus coryphaea
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus bilineatus
Dwarf Honeyguide
Indicator pumilio
Spot-flanked Barbet
Tricholaema lacrymosa
Willcock's Honeyguide
Indicator willcocksi
Lesser Honeyguide
Indicator minor
Red-rumped Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus atroflavus
Green Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus simplex
Double-Toothed Barbet
Lybius bidentatus
📅 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 Volcanoes National Park?
About 4% of visitor-days record a Cardinal Woodpecker sighting in Volcanoes National Park, based on 28 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Cardinal Woodpecker in Volcanoes National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Cardinal Woodpecker in Volcanoes National Park in our monthly data.