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White-fronted Woodpecker

Melanerpes cactorum
(d´Orbigny, ACVMD, 1839)
Carpintero del Cardón
Pica-pau-de-testa-branca
Family: Picidae
Order: Piciformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Records from Villa de Merlo

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Picus cactorum.


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05/31/2011 17:50



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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 666151
♀  Adult
Villa de Merlo
San Luis
Argentina
01/01/2026
Dolores Fernandez
Foto
Photography ID: 488387
  Adult
Villa de Merlo
San Luis
Argentina
03/16/2022
Eduardo Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 487593
  Adult
Villa de Merlo
San Luis
Argentina
03/16/2022
Sergio Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 487592
  Adult
Villa de Merlo
San Luis
Argentina
03/16/2022
Sergio Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 51385
 Villa de Merlo
San Luis
Argentina
02/25/2014
Guillermo Marcaida



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Last Filmings published


Video ID: 5258
  Adult
Villa de Merlo
San Luis
Argentina
03/24/2022
Claudia Mora



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 Reports


 Detail of places sorted by number of records







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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
241116601/01/2026ArgentinaSan LuisVilla de MerloDolores Fernandez
161900324/03/2022ArgentinaSan LuisAlgarrobo abuelo (alrededores), Villa de MerloClaudia Mora
156644216/03/2022ArgentinaSan LuisAlgarrobo abuelo, Villa de MerloEduardo Cusano
156440116/03/2022ArgentinaSan LuisAlgarrobo abuelo, Villa de MerloSergio Cusano
79168824/07/2018ArgentinaSan LuisAlrededores de Reserva Don Félix y Sacha Juan, Villa de MerloEduardo Di Fiore
138087811/01/2017ArgentinaSan LuisVilla de MerloAgustina Garavaglia
14727625/02/2014ArgentinaSan LuisVilla de MerloGuillermo Marcaida
11365716/02/2014ArgentinaSan LuisVilla de MerloNicolas Olejnik
567607/04/2010ArgentinaSan LuisVilla de MerloDiego Oscar
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Bibliography related


Artículo Chimento, N., J. La Grotteria, F. L. Angolin y R. F. Lucero. 2011. Nuevos registros del Carpintero del Cardón (Melanerpes cactorum) en la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Historia Natural, Tercera Serie, Volumen 1.



Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. White-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 18/03/2026.