White-bellied Woodpecker
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White-bellied Woodpecker

Dryocopus javensis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Khao Yai National Park
1 Verified records at Khao Yai 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 Khao Yai National Park

Greater Flameback
LC

Greater Flameback

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus

20–30% · Possible
Laced Woodpecker
LC

Laced Woodpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Picus vittatus

10–20% · With luck
Heart-spotted Woodpecker
LC

Heart-spotted Woodpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Hemicircus canente

5–10% · With luck
Greater Yellownape
LC

Greater Yellownape

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Chrysophlegma flavinucha

5–10% · With luck
Black-and-buff Woodpecker
LC

Black-and-buff Woodpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Meiglyptes jugularis

5–10% · With luck
Rufous Woodpecker
LC

Rufous Woodpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Micropternus brachyurus

<5% · Rare
Grey-headed Woodpecker
LC

Grey-headed Woodpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Picus canus

<5% · Rare
Common Flameback
LC

Common Flameback

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dinopium javanense

<5% · Rare
Grey-capped Woodpecker

Grey-capped Woodpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Yungipicus canicapillus

<5% · Rare
Great Slaty Woodpecker
VU

Great Slaty Woodpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Mulleripicus pulverulentus

<5% · Rare
Lesser Yellownape
LC

Lesser Yellownape

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Picus chlorolophus

<5% · Rare
Bamboo Woodpecker
LC

Bamboo Woodpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Gecinulus viridis

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of White-bellied Woodpecker at Khao Yai 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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