Where does the Cardinal Woodpecker live?
Dendropicos fuscescens has 134,935 records in 41 countries and territories, from 1854 to 2026. Most records come from South Africa.
- 134,935 records
- 41 places
- 148 years recorded
- Aves class
AnimaliaChordataAvesPiciformesPicidaeDendropicos
When it is recorded
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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.
Records over time
18542026
Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.
Where it is recorded
| Place | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 90,361 | |
| Kenya | 10,467 | |
| Tanzania | 5,194 | |
| Zimbabwe | 4,876 | |
| Namibia | 4,351 | |
| Uganda | 3,676 | |
| Zambia | 2,950 | |
| Botswana | 2,162 | |
| Mozambique | 1,639 | |
| Eswatini | 1,474 | |
| Nigeria | 1,440 | |
| Malawi | 1,244 | |
| Ethiopia | 1,156 | |
| Gambia | 722 | |
| Rwanda | 595 | |
| DR Congo | 535 | |
| Ghana | 475 | |
| Cameroon | 458 | |
| Angola | 351 | |
| Senegal | 244 | |
| Gabon | 177 | |
| Benin | 53 | |
| Liberia | 48 | |
| Somalia | 39 | |
| Guinea | 38 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 35 | |
| Congo | 30 | |
| Sierra Leone | 30 | |
| Burundi | 26 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 22 | |
| Djibouti | 14 | |
| Central African Republic | 13 | |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | |
| Togo | 8 | |
| Lesotho | 7 | |
| Mali | 4 | |
| Sudan | 4 | |
| South Sudan | 4 | |
| Eritrea | 2 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2 |
Showing the top 40 of 41 places.
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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.