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title: "American Three-toed Woodpecker"
description: "Picoides dorsalis — Uccelli. The American three-toed woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis) is a medium-sized woodpecker (family Picidae), which is native to North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/american-three-toed-woodpecker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# American Three-toed Woodpecker

> Picoides dorsalis — Uccelli. The American three-toed woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis) is a medium-sized woodpecker (family Picidae), which is native to North America.

- Scientific name: *Picoides dorsalis*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 4077
- Wikidata: [Q1273082](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1273082)
- iNaturalist taxon: [17638](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/17638)

## Names

- en: American Three-toed Woodpecker
- de: Fichtenspecht
- es: Pico Tridáctilo Americano
- fr: Pic à dos rayé
- nl: Amerikaanse drieteenspecht
- pl: Dzięcioł kordylierski

## Countries with the most observations

CA (1955), US (1851)

## Summary

The American three-toed woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis) is a medium-sized woodpecker (family Picidae), which is native to North America.

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

## Photo

![American Three-toed Woodpecker](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/american-three-toed-woodpecker/medium.jpg)

Photo: prodewald · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/314028522

## Machine access

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