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

# Dzięciur jukatański

> Melanerpes pygmaeus — Ptaki. The Yucatan woodpecker (Melanerpes pygmaeus) is a species of bird in the family Picidae.

- Scientific name: *Melanerpes pygmaeus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 1867
- Wikidata: [Q1259171](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1259171)
- iNaturalist taxon: [18185](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/18185)

## Names

- en: Yucatán Woodpecker
- de: Yucatanspecht
- es: Carpintero yucateco
- fr: Pic du Yucatan
- nl: Yucatánspecht
- pt: Pica-pau-yucateco
- pl: Dzięciur jukatański

## Countries with the most observations

MX (1460), BZ (81), HN (17), GT (10)

## Summary

The Yucatan woodpecker (Melanerpes pygmaeus) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is sometimes referred to as the red-vented woodpecker. The Yucatan woodpecker is found in Belize and Mexico, and ranges over the entire Yucatán Peninsula. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

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

## Photo

![Dzięciur jukatański](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yucatan-woodpecker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153230959

## Machine access

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