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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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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Picus cactorum.


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🌿 EcoRegistros Revista - Related Articles


📖 Issue Nº 1 • Article Nº 12
✍ Damián Carnevale
05/31/2011 17:50



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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 410245
♀  Adult
San Marcos Sierras
Córdoba
Argentina
01/04/2015
Vicente Piccirillo
Foto
Photography ID: 410119
♂  Adult
San Marcos Sierras
Córdoba
Argentina
01/05/2015
Vicente Piccirillo
Foto
Photography ID: 408451
  Adult
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
10/11/2014
Vicente Piccirillo
Foto
Photography ID: 408450
  Adult
La Paz
Entre Ríos
Argentina
10/13/2014
Vicente Piccirillo
Foto
Photography ID: 407201
♀  Adult
Parque Provincial Chancaní
Córdoba
Argentina
03/03/2014
Vicente Piccirillo
Foto
Photography ID: 197092
♂ ♀  Adult
Parque Nacional El Impenetrable
Chaco
Argentina
10/01/2016
Vicente Piccirillo
Foto
Photography ID: 197091
♂  Adult
Parque Nacional El Impenetrable
Chaco
Argentina
10/07/2016
Vicente Piccirillo



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Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
56092107/10/2016ArgentinaChacoParaje La Armonia, Parque Nacional El ImpenetrableVicente Piccirillo
56092301/10/2016ArgentinaChacoParaje La Armonia, Parque Nacional El ImpenetrableVicente Piccirillo
128364605/01/2015ArgentinaCórdobaSan Marcos SierrasVicente Piccirillo
128446604/01/2015ArgentinaCórdobaSan Marcos SierrasVicente Piccirillo
128130713/10/2014ArgentinaEntre RíosLa PazVicente Piccirillo
128130811/10/2014ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas, CeibasVicente Piccirillo
127871903/03/2014ArgentinaCórdobaParque Provincial ChancaníVicente Piccirillo
78608502/04/2013ArgentinaChacoRefugio de Vida Silvestre El CachapéVicente Piccirillo
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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 30/03/2026.