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title: "Oskomik czerwonogłowy"
description: "Sphyrapicus ruber — Ptaki. The red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) is a medium-sized woodpecker of the forests of the west coast of North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/red-breasted-sapsucker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Oskomik czerwonogłowy

> Sphyrapicus ruber — Ptaki. The red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) is a medium-sized woodpecker of the forests of the west coast of North America.

- Scientific name: *Sphyrapicus ruber*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 16362
- Wikidata: [Q1274659](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1274659)
- iNaturalist taxon: [18464](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/18464)

## Names

- en: Red-breasted Sapsucker
- de: Feuerkopfsaftlecker
- es: Carpintero Pecho Rojo
- fr: Pic à poitrine rouge
- nl: Roodborstsapspecht
- pl: Oskomik czerwonogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

US (10959), CA (3789), MX (16)

## Summary

The red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) is a medium-sized woodpecker of the forests of the west coast of North America.

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

## Photo

![Oskomik czerwonogłowy](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-breasted-sapsucker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ben · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/388504929

## Machine access

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