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title: "Carpintero velloso"
description: "Leuconotopicus villosus — Aves. The hairy woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus) is a medium-sized woodpecker that is found over a large area of North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/hairy-woodpecker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Carpintero velloso

> Leuconotopicus villosus — Aves. The hairy woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus) is a medium-sized woodpecker that is found over a large area of North America.

- Scientific name: *Leuconotopicus villosus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque), `urban` (Ciudades y jardines)
- iNaturalist observations: 81938
- iNaturalist taxon: [1651487](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1651487)

## Names

- en: Hairy Woodpecker
- de: Haarspecht
- es: Carpintero velloso
- fr: Pic chevelu

## Countries with the most observations

US (41666), CA (26163), MX (761), CR (310), PA (80), HN (49), BS (25), GT (22), SV (8), NI (3)

## Summary

The hairy woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus) is a medium-sized woodpecker that is found over a large area of North America. It is approximately 250 mm (9.8 in) in length with a 380 mm (15 in) wingspan. With an estimated population in 2020 of almost nine million individuals, the hairy woodpecker is listed by the IUCN as a species of least concern. The species was previously placed in the genus Dryobates.

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

## Photo

![Carpintero velloso](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hairy-woodpecker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Leah Fulton · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71313027

## Machine access

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