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title: "Pic à tête blanche"
description: "Leuconotopicus albolarvatus — Oiseaux. The white-headed woodpecker (Leuconotopicus albolarvatus) is a non-migratory woodpecker that resides in pine forests of the mountains of western North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/white-headed-woodpecker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pic à tête blanche

> Leuconotopicus albolarvatus — Oiseaux. The white-headed woodpecker (Leuconotopicus albolarvatus) is a non-migratory woodpecker that resides in pine forests of the mountains of western North America.

- Scientific name: *Leuconotopicus albolarvatus*
- Category: `birds` (Oiseaux)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forêt), `mountains` (Montagnes)
- iNaturalist observations: 4800
- iNaturalist taxon: [1651488](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1651488)

## Names

- en: White-headed Woodpecker
- de: Nonnenspecht
- es: Pájaro carpintero de Cabeza Blanca
- fr: Pic à tête blanche

## Countries with the most observations

US (4596)

## Summary

The white-headed woodpecker (Leuconotopicus albolarvatus) is a non-migratory woodpecker that resides in pine forests of the mountains of western North America.

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

## Photo

![Pic à tête blanche](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-headed-woodpecker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Machiko Yasuda · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194844665

## Machine access

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