Olive Woodpecker

Olive Woodpecker

Dendropicos griseocephalus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at iSimangaliso Wetland Park
1 Verified records at iSimangaliso Wetland Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The olive woodpecker (Dendropicos griseocephalus) is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae. It is in the Dendropicos genus, which comprises small woodpeckers native to Sub-Saharan Africa. There are three described subspecies, all inhabiting various regions of southeast Africa; the red-bellied olive woodpecker (D. g. ruwenzori), the montane olive woodpecker (D. g. kilimensis), and the southern olive woodpecker (D. g. griseocephalus). Wikipedia →

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Olive Woodpecker at iSimangaliso Wetland Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙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 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
20–30%
2 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
3 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
10–20%
4 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
5–10%
5 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
5–10%
6 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
5–10%
7 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
<5%
8 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
9 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
<5%
10 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
11 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
12 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
13 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
14 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
15 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
16 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
Insufficient data
17 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
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