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title: "Golden-olive Woodpecker"
description: "Colaptes rubiginosus — Uccelli. The golden-olive woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus) is a species of bird in the subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/golden-olive-woodpecker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Golden-olive Woodpecker

> Colaptes rubiginosus — Uccelli. The golden-olive woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus) is a species of bird in the subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae.

- Scientific name: *Colaptes rubiginosus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 4140
- Wikidata: [Q264640](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q264640)
- iNaturalist taxon: [72755](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/72755)

## Names

- en: Golden-olive Woodpecker
- de: Olivmantelspecht
- es: Carpintero Olivo
- fr: Pic or-olive
- nl: Olijfrugspecht
- pt: Pica-pau-oliváceo
- pl: Dzięcioł oliwkowy

## Countries with the most observations

MX (998), EC (762), CO (695), CR (414), AR (160), PE (130), HN (128), SV (102), GT (97), NI (81), TT (73), BZ (54)

## Summary

The golden-olive woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus) is a species of bird in the subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found from Mexico south and east through Panama, in every mainland South American country except Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

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

## Photo

![Golden-olive Woodpecker](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/golden-olive-woodpecker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Allan Harris · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/263689506

## Machine access

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