Rufous Woodpecker
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Rufous Woodpecker

Micropternus brachyurus

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

The rufous woodpecker (Micropternus brachyurus) is a medium-sized brown woodpecker native to South and Southeast Asia. It is short-billed, foraging in pairs on small insects, particularly ants and termites, in scrub, evergreen, and deciduous forests and is noted for building its nest within the carton nests of arboreal ants in the genus Crematogaster. It was for sometime placed in the otherwise Neotropical genus Celeus but this has been shown to be a case of evolutionary convergence and molecular phylogenetic studies support its placement in the monotypic genus Micropternus. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Bandipur National Park

Brown-capped Woodpecker

Brown-capped Woodpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Yungipicus nanus

10–20% · With luck
Black-rumped Flameback
LC

Black-rumped Flameback

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dinopium benghalense

10–20% · With luck
Streak-throated Woodpecker
LC

Streak-throated Woodpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Picus xanthopygaeus

10–20% · With luck
White-bellied Woodpecker
LC

White-bellied Woodpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dryocopus javensis

5–10% · With luck
Heart-spotted Woodpecker
LC

Heart-spotted Woodpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Hemicircus canente

Insufficient data
White-naped Woodpecker
LC

White-naped Woodpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Chrysocolaptes festivus

<5% · Rare
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
LC

Yellow-crowned Woodpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Leiopicus mahrattensis

Insufficient data
White-cheeked Barbet
LC Endemic

White-cheeked Barbet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Psilopogon viridis

50–60% · Likely
Coppersmith Barbet
LC

Coppersmith Barbet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Psilopogon haemacephalus

30–40% · Possible
Malabar Barbet
LC Endemic

Malabar Barbet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Psilopogon malabaricus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Rufous Woodpecker at Bandipur 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 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
30–40%
2 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
20–30%
3 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
4 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
5 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
10–20%
6 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
10–20%
7 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
8 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
9 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
5–10%
10 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
11 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
12 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
13 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
5–10%
14 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
5–10%
15 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
5–10%
16 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
17 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
<5%
18 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
19 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
20 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
21 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%
22 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
23 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
24 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
25 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
26 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
27 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
28 Eravikulam National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
29 Ba Be National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data
30 Khangchendzonga National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
31 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
32 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
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