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title: "Dzięciur krasnogłowy"
description: "Melanerpes erythrocephalus — Ptaki. The red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) is a mid-sized woodpecker found in temperate North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/red-headed-woodpecker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dzięciur krasnogłowy

> Melanerpes erythrocephalus — Ptaki. The red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) is a mid-sized woodpecker found in temperate North America.

- Scientific name: *Melanerpes erythrocephalus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 35989
- Wikidata: [Q578174](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q578174)
- iNaturalist taxon: [18204](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/18204)

## Names

- en: Red-headed Woodpecker
- de: Rotkopfspecht
- es: Carpintero de cabeza roja
- fr: Pic à tête rouge
- nl: Roodkopspecht
- pt: Pica-pau-de-cabeça-vermelha
- pl: Dzięciur krasnogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

US (31257), CA (2662)

## Summary

The red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) is a mid-sized woodpecker found in temperate North America. Its breeding habitat is open country across southern Canada and the east-central United States. It is rated as least concern on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)'s Red List of Endangered species, having been down-listed from near threatened in 2018.
The red-headed woodpecker should not be confused with the red-bellied woodpecker, which is similar in size but has a vibrant orange-red crown and nape; the red-bellied woodpecker is named for the pale reddish blush of its lower belly…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Shannon Jacobs · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/247914558

## Machine access

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