
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).
Informações sobre a espécie
Recorded year-round
Recorded in every month, so no month is the wrong month to look. We would rather say that than invent a best time.
Curve from 585 national iNaturalist observations, not from one property and not from this province. Single-month spikes are discarded as upload artefacts, and below 50 records we show no curve at all.
Western Cape and beyond
Provinces where Ground Woodpecker is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.
585 records, iNaturalist
Parques onde os anfitriões registram: Ground Woodpecker
Hospedagens que retribuem
Por todo o KwaZulu-Natal
Ground Woodpecker: registrado aqui · Bioma: Campos · Southern rock agama · Tree fuchsia
A partir de R 190 por noite
Ground Woodpecker: registrado aqui · Bioma: Campos · Southern rock agama · Cape heath
A partir de R 190 por noite
Ground Woodpecker: registrado aqui · Bioma: Campos · Real yellowwood · Chacma baboon
A partir de R 130 por noite
Ground Woodpecker: registrado aqui · Bioma: Campos · Tree fuchsia · Black wildebeest
A partir de R 840 por noite
Ground Woodpecker: registrado aqui · Bioma: Campos · Southern rock agama · Common eland
A partir de R 270 por noite
Ground Woodpecker: registrado aqui · Bioma: Campos · Real yellowwood · Chacma baboon
A partir de R 200 por noite
Ground Woodpecker: registrado aqui · Bioma: Campos · Chacma baboon · Bushbuck
A partir de R 360 por noite
Ground Woodpecker: registrado aqui · Bioma: Savana · Leopard · Lion
A partir de R 130 por noite
Ground Woodpecker: registrado aqui · Bioma: Campos · Real yellowwood · Chacma baboon
A partir de R 170 por noite
Ground Woodpecker: registrado aqui · Bioma: Campos · Real yellowwood · Tree fuchsia
A partir de R 1,070 por noite
Ground Woodpecker: registrado aqui · Bioma: Campos · Real yellowwood · Chacma baboon
A partir de R 1,150 por noite
Bioma: Costa do Oceano Índico
Apoia Isibindi Foundation
A partir de R 13,000 por noite
Bioma: Campos
Apoia Royal Drakensberg Education Trust
A partir de R 4,280 por noite
Observação de aves · Bioma: Savana · Leopard · Lion
Apoia Zululand Conservation Trust
A partir de R 1,280 por noite
Bioma: Campos
Apoia Royal Drakensberg Education Trust e mais 2
A partir de R 5,400 por noite
Observação de aves · Bioma: Campos
Apoia Isibindi Foundation
A partir de R 5,990 por noite
Bioma: Savana · African wild dog · Spotted hyena
Apoia Isibindi Foundation
Preço sob consulta
Bioma: Campos · Spotted hyena · Leopard
Apoia Royal Drakensberg Education Trust
A partir de R 1,140 por noite
Observação de aves · Bioma: Campos
Apoia Royal Drakensberg Education Trust
A partir de R 1,691 por noite
Bioma: Floresta · Humpback whale · Southern right whale
Apoia Isibindi Foundation
Preço sob consulta
Observação de aves · Bioma: Campos · Blesbok · Serval
Apoia Zululand Conservation Trust e mais 3
A partir de R 1,200 por noite
Bioma: Campos
Apoia Royal Drakensberg Education Trust
A partir de R 1,950 por noite
Observação de aves · Bioma: Floresta · Hippopotamus · Nile crocodile
Apoia Isibindi Foundation e mais 1
Preço sob consulta
Observação de aves · Bioma: Campos · Bushbuck · Common eland
Apoia Royal Drakensberg Education Trust e mais 1
A partir de R 6,800 por noite
iSimangaliso wetlands, sand forest, and Sodwana reefs
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Quando e onde encontrar: Ground Woodpecker
Os anfitriões registraram esta espécie (Ground Woodpecker) em hospedagens dentro ou ao lado de uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, Giants Castle Game Reserve and Ithala Game Reserve.
Melhores horários do dia
- As primeiras horas depois do nascer do sol, e o fim da tarde. As aves cantam e se alimentam mais nas horas frescas.
- Meio-dia. Mais silencioso, sobretudo no calor do verão.
Formas de observar
Dirija por conta própria
Seu próprio veículo e seu próprio ritmo, nas estradas do parque.
Onde os anfitriões registram
Lista Vermelha da IUCN
Near Threatened
Espécie
Geocolaptes olivaceus
Registros
585
Observações no iNaturalist
Cada reserva no Spekboom apoia a conservação.
Perguntas que os viajantes fazem
Um registro significa que um anfitrião avistou esta espécie (Ground Woodpecker) na propriedade ou nas proximidades. Nunca é garantia de avistamento.
Which parks and reserves are best for the Ground Woodpecker in KwaZulu-Natal?
Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Ground Woodpecker at stays in or beside uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, Giants Castle Game Reserve, Ithala Game Reserve, Kamberg Nature Reserve and Royal Natal National Park. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.
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. 11 places to stay on Spekboom in KwaZulu-Natal 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, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep; Giants Castle Game Reserve: year-round, dry season May-Sep; Ithala Game Reserve: year-round, dry season May-Sep; Kamberg Nature Reserve: year-round, dry season May-Sep. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
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.
























