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title: "Picchio castano minore"
description: "Celeus castaneus — Uccelli. The chestnut-colored woodpecker (Celeus castaneus) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/chestnut-colored-woodpecker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Picchio castano minore

> Celeus castaneus — Uccelli. The chestnut-colored woodpecker (Celeus castaneus) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae.

- Scientific name: *Celeus castaneus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 909
- Wikidata: [Q1010053](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1010053)
- iNaturalist taxon: [18067](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/18067)

## Names

- en: Chestnut-colored Woodpecker
- de: Kastanienspecht
- es: Carpintero castaño
- fr: Pic roux
- it: Picchio castano minore
- nl: Kastanjespecht
- pl: Dzięcioł jasnogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

CR (343), MX (210), BZ (101), HN (89), GT (79), NI (11), PA (11)

## Summary

The chestnut-colored woodpecker (Celeus castaneus) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.

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

## Photo

![Picchio castano minore](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chestnut-colored-woodpecker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193324920

## Machine access

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