Cuban Green Woodpecker

Xiphidiopicus percussus (Temminck, 1826)

25 cmLength61 gWeight

Busiest months: February–March · Most records: Cuba

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: February–March · Most records: Cuba

Cuban Green Woodpecker has been recorded at 20 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 1 country or region.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario – Las TerrazasCuba468 records
Cayo Coco – Cueva del JabaliCuba442 records
Refugio de Fauna BermejaCuba402 records

More places

Soplillar – Sabanas de PalpiteCuba381 records
Zapata – La TurbaCuba286 records
PN Ciénaga de Zapata – Santo TomasCuba272 records
Cayo CocoCuba252 records
Hacienda CortinaCuba246 records
Cueva de los PortalesCuba235 records
Sierra del Chorillo – Sendero de las AvesCuba225 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Cuba

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The Cuban green woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus) is a species of woodpecker in the family Picidae and tribe Melanerpini, known locally in Cuban Spanish as carpintero verde (literally "green woodpecker"). It is the only species within the genus Xiphidiopicus and is one of two woodpeckers endemic to Cuba, along with the likely-extinct Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker. It is the most widespread and common woodpecker in Cuba, inhabiting primarily woodlands, as well as dry and wet forests, pine forests and mangroves.

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