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title: "Dzięciur żółtokarkowy"
description: "Melanerpes chrysauchen — Ptaki. The golden-naped woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysauchen) is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/golden-naped-woodpecker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dzięciur żółtokarkowy

> Melanerpes chrysauchen — Ptaki. The golden-naped woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysauchen) is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae.

- Scientific name: *Melanerpes chrysauchen*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `jungle` (Dżungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 784
- Wikidata: [Q869326](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q869326)
- iNaturalist taxon: [18189](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/18189)

## Names

- en: Golden-naped Woodpecker
- de: Buntkopfspecht
- es: Carpintero Nuquidorado
- fr: Pic masqué
- nl: Goudnekspecht
- pl: Dzięciur żółtokarkowy

## Countries with the most observations

CR (738), PA (3)

## Summary

The golden-naped woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysauchen) is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae. The species is very closely related to the beautiful woodpecker, which is sometimes treated as the same species. The two species, along with several other species, are sometimes placed in the genus Tripsurus.
It is found in Costa Rica and western Panama, where it is found on the Pacific slopes of those countries. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as "least…

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

## Photo

![Dzięciur żółtokarkowy](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/golden-naped-woodpecker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20831988

## Machine access

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