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title: "Dzięciur czerwonobrzuchy"
description: "Melanerpes carolinus — Ptaki. The red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) is a medium-sized woodpecker of the family Picidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/red-bellied-woodpecker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Dzięciur czerwonobrzuchy

> Melanerpes carolinus — Ptaki. The red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) is a medium-sized woodpecker of the family Picidae.

- Scientific name: *Melanerpes carolinus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `urban` (Miasta i ogrody)
- iNaturalist observations: 143417
- Wikidata: [Q569535](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q569535)
- iNaturalist taxon: [18205](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/18205)

## Names

- en: Red-bellied Woodpecker
- de: Carolinaspecht
- es: Carpintero de Vientre Rojo
- fr: Pic à ventre roux
- nl: Roodbuikspecht
- pt: Pica-pau-de-ventre-vermelho
- pl: Dzięciur czerwonobrzuchy

## Countries with the most observations

US (123652), CA (10492)

## Summary

The red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) is a medium-sized woodpecker of the family Picidae. It breeds mainly in the eastern United States, ranging as far south as Florida and as far north as Canada. Though it has a vivid orange-red crown and nape it is not to be confused with the red-headed woodpecker, a separate species of woodpecker in the same genus with an entirely red head and neck that sports a solid black back and white belly.  The red-bellied earns its name from the pale reddish tint on its lower underside.

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

## Photo

![Dzięciur czerwonobrzuchy](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-bellied-woodpecker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Matt DeLozier · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/149781312

## Machine access

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