White-bellied Woodpecker
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White-bellied Woodpecker

Dryocopus javensis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Eravikulam National Park
2 Verified records at Eravikulam National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The white-bellied woodpecker or great black woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis) is a woodpecker species inhabiting evergreen forests in tropical Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is among the largest of the Asiatic woodpeckers and nests in large dead trees, often beside rivers. It has 14 subspecies, and many of its island forms are endangered, some are extinct. Populations differ in the distribution and extent of white. Its drums and calls are louder than those of the smaller woodpeckers. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Eravikulam National Park

Streak-throated Woodpecker
LC

Streak-throated Woodpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Picus xanthopygaeus

20–30% · Possible
Black-rumped Flameback
LC

Black-rumped Flameback

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dinopium benghalense

10–20% · With luck
Rufous Woodpecker
LC

Rufous Woodpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Micropternus brachyurus

Insufficient data
Brown-capped Woodpecker

Brown-capped Woodpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Yungipicus nanus

Insufficient data
White-cheeked Barbet
LC Endemic

White-cheeked Barbet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Psilopogon viridis

60–70% · Likely
Malabar Barbet
LC Endemic

Malabar Barbet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Psilopogon malabaricus

10–20% · With luck
Coppersmith Barbet
LC

Coppersmith Barbet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Psilopogon haemacephalus

10–20% · With luck
Brown-headed Barbet
LC

Brown-headed Barbet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Psilopogon zeylanicus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of White-bellied Woodpecker at Eravikulam National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Probability
1 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
2 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
10–20%
3 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
4 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
5–10%
5 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
6 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
5–10%
7 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
8 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
9 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
10 Ba Be National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data
11 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
12 Eravikulam National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
13 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
14 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
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