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title: "Geelbrauwspecht"
description: "Melanerpes cruentatus — Vogels. The yellow-tufted woodpecker (Melanerpes cruentatus) is a species of woodpecker."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/yellow-tufted-woodpecker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Geelbrauwspecht

> Melanerpes cruentatus — Vogels. The yellow-tufted woodpecker (Melanerpes cruentatus) is a species of woodpecker.

- Scientific name: *Melanerpes cruentatus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 2087
- Wikidata: [Q557447](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q557447)
- iNaturalist taxon: [18218](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/18218)

## Names

- en: Yellow-tufted Woodpecker
- de: Gelbbrauenspecht
- es: Carpintero cejón
- fr: Pic à chevron d'or
- nl: Geelbrauwspecht
- pt: Pica-pau-de-barriga-vermelha
- pl: Dzięciur czarnoszyi

## Countries with the most observations

EC (439), BR (423), PE (388), CO (356), BO (291), GF (35), GY (15), SR (4), VE (4)

## Summary

The yellow-tufted woodpecker (Melanerpes cruentatus) is a species of woodpecker. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

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

## Photo

![Geelbrauwspecht](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-tufted-woodpecker/medium.jpg)

Photo: NINA WENÓLI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/88079128

## Machine access

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