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title: "Vlekborstgrondspecht"
description: "Colaptes punctigula — Vogels. The spot-breasted woodpecker or spot-breasted flicker (Colaptes punctigula) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/spot-breasted-woodpecker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Vlekborstgrondspecht

> Colaptes punctigula — Vogels. The spot-breasted woodpecker or spot-breasted flicker (Colaptes punctigula) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae.

- Scientific name: *Colaptes punctigula*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 2371
- Wikidata: [Q1260919](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1260919)
- iNaturalist taxon: [18265](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/18265)

## Names

- en: Spot-breasted Woodpecker
- de: Tüpfelbrustspecht
- es: Carpintero buchipecoso
- fr: Pic de Cayenne
- nl: Vlekborstgrondspecht
- pt: Pica-pau-de-peito-pontilhado
- pl: Dzięcioł czarnoplamy

## Countries with the most observations

CO (1475), EC (167), BR (150), PE (129), PA (119), GF (59), VE (49), BO (27), SR (10), GY (9)

## Summary

The spot-breasted woodpecker or spot-breasted flicker (Colaptes punctigula) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Panama and every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

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

## Photo

![Vlekborstgrondspecht](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spot-breasted-woodpecker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/179243642

## Machine access

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