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title: "Zwartwangspecht"
description: "Melanerpes pucherani — Vogels. The black-cheeked woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/black-cheeked-woodpecker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zwartwangspecht

> Melanerpes pucherani — Vogels. The black-cheeked woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae.

- Scientific name: *Melanerpes pucherani*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 4428
- Wikidata: [Q655016](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q655016)
- iNaturalist taxon: [18181](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/18181)

## Names

- en: Black-cheeked Woodpecker
- de: Schläfenfleckspecht
- es: Carpintero cara negra
- fr: Pic de Pucheran
- nl: Zwartwangspecht
- pl: Dzięciur pstry

## Countries with the most observations

CR (2423), EC (679), PA (511), BZ (178), CO (161), MX (129), HN (63), NI (49), GT (19)

## Summary

The black-cheeked woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found from Mexico south to Ecuador.

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

## Photo

![Zwartwangspecht](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-cheeked-woodpecker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/341264060

## Machine access

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