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title: "Rußspecht"
description: "Leuconotopicus fumigatus — Vögel. The smoky-brown woodpecker (Leuconotopicus fumigatus) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/smoky-brown-woodpecker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rußspecht

> Leuconotopicus fumigatus — Vögel. The smoky-brown woodpecker (Leuconotopicus fumigatus) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae.

- Scientific name: *Leuconotopicus fumigatus*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald)
- iNaturalist observations: 1203
- iNaturalist taxon: [1651491](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1651491)

## Names

- en: Smoky-brown Woodpecker
- de: Rußspecht
- es: Carpintero oliva oscuro
- fr: Pic enfumé

## Countries with the most observations

CO (348), MX (234), CR (161), EC (107), BZ (28), GT (25), HN (25), PA (23), PE (22), AR (19), NI (9), VE (6)

## Summary

The smoky-brown woodpecker (Leuconotopicus fumigatus) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.

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

## Photo

![Rußspecht](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/smoky-brown-woodpecker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173233274

## Machine access

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