Where can you see the Ground Woodpecker in South Africa?

The Ground Woodpecker is most recorded in Western Cape (60% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (21% of records), Eastern Cape (8% of records), based on 585 iNaturalist observations. 24 places to stay on Spekboom have recorded the Ground Woodpecker on site or nearby.

When is the best time to see the Ground Woodpecker?

The Ground Woodpecker is recorded throughout the year in South Africa, so no month is the wrong month to look for it.

What is the conservation status of the Ground Woodpecker?

The Ground Woodpecker (Geocolaptes olivaceus) is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.

What is the Ground Woodpecker?

The ground woodpecker (Geocolaptes olivaceus) is one of only three ground-dwelling woodpeckers in the world (the others are the Andean and Campo flickers). It inhabits rather barren, steep, boulder-strewn slopes in relatively cool hilly and mountainous areas of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland and has yet to be recorded outside of Southern Africa.

Go Birding

Ground Woodpecker

Geocolaptes olivaceusNear threatened

The ground woodpecker (Geocolaptes olivaceus) is one of only three ground-dwelling woodpeckers in the world (the others are the Andean and Campo flickers).

from Wikipedia

Go Birding

Ground Woodpecker

Geocolaptes olivaceusNear threatened

The ground woodpecker (Geocolaptes olivaceus) is one of only three ground-dwelling woodpeckers in the world (the others are the Andean and Campo flickers).

from Wikipedia

Showing stays where you can spotGround Woodpecker20+ stays list it on site or nearby

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Wanneer te bezoeken

Here year-round

A resident species, so no month is the wrong month. We would rather say that than invent a best time.

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Sightings585 records

Curve from 585 national iNaturalist observations, not from one property. Single-month spikes are discarded as upload artefacts, and below 50 records we show no curve at all.

Waar u deze vindt

Western Cape and beyond

Provinces where Ground Woodpecker is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.

585 records, iNaturalist