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title: "Dzięcioł białobrzuchy"
description: "Dryocopus javensis — Ptaki. The white-bellied woodpecker or great black woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis) is a woodpecker species inhabiting evergreen forests in tropical Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/white-bellied-woodpecker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Dzięcioł białobrzuchy

> Dryocopus javensis — Ptaki. The white-bellied woodpecker or great black woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis) is a woodpecker species inhabiting evergreen forests in tropical Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Dryocopus javensis*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `jungle` (Dżungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 693
- Wikidata: [Q495520](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q495520)
- iNaturalist taxon: [17839](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/17839)

## Names

- en: White-bellied Woodpecker
- de: Weißbauchspecht
- es: Picamaderos Ventriblanco
- fr: Pic à ventre blanc
- nl: Witbuikspecht
- pt: Pica-pau-de-barriga-branca
- pl: Dzięcioł białobrzuchy

## Countries with the most observations

MY (244), IN (188), PH (91), TH (60), ID (27), VN (15), KH (11), CN (4), MM (3)

## Summary

The white-bellied woodpecker or great black woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis) is a woodpecker species inhabiting evergreen forests in tropical Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is among the largest of the Asiatic woodpeckers and nests in large dead trees, often beside rivers. It has 14 subspecies, and many of its island forms are endangered, some are extinct. Populations differ in the distribution and extent of white. Its drums and calls are louder than those of the smaller woodpeckers.

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

## Photo

![Dzięcioł białobrzuchy](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-bellied-woodpecker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72875190

## Machine access

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