Speckle-breasted woodpecker

{{short description|Species of bird}}

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| image = Die Vögel Afrikas (6425133621), Dendropicos poecilolaemus.jpg

| image_caption = Illustration of male,
female has black crown

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Dendropicos poecilolaemus |volume=2016 |page=e.T22680954A92887577 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680954A92887577.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| genus = Dendropicos

| species = poecilolaemus

| authority = Reichenow, 1893

| synonyms =

• Chloropicus poecilolaemus

}}

The speckle-breasted woodpecker (Dendropicos poecilolaemus) is a species of bird in the family Picidae, which is native to sub-Saharan Africa.