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title: "Gray-breasted Woodpecker"
description: "Melanerpes hypopolius — Birds. The grey-breasted woodpecker (Melanerpes hypopolius) is a species of bird in the family Picidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/gray-breasted-woodpecker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gray-breasted Woodpecker

> Melanerpes hypopolius — Birds. The grey-breasted woodpecker (Melanerpes hypopolius) is a species of bird in the family Picidae.

- Scientific name: *Melanerpes hypopolius*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 1104
- Wikidata: [Q1268213](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1268213)
- iNaturalist taxon: [18192](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/18192)

## Names

- en: Gray-breasted Woodpecker
- de: Graukehlspecht
- es: Carpintero del Balsas
- fr: Pic alezan
- nl: Grijskeelspecht
- pl: Dzięciur łzawy

## Countries with the most observations

MX (1057)

## Summary

The grey-breasted woodpecker (Melanerpes hypopolius) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is endemic to the interior of southwestern Mexico.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-breasted_woodpecker

## Photo

![Gray-breasted Woodpecker](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gray-breasted-woodpecker/medium.jpg)

Photo: kkacheltje · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5174807

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/gray-breasted-woodpecker?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).