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



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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 20897
♀  Adult
Gualeguay
Entre Ríos
Argentina
03/29/2013
Nicolas Chimento
Foto
Photography ID: 17642
♂  Adult
La Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
04/28/2010
Nicolas Chimento
Foto
Photography ID: 10419
♀  Adult
La Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/10/2009
Nicolas Chimento



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
14292602/05/2014ArgentinaEntre RíosVictoriaNicolas Chimento
5621529/03/2013ArgentinaEntre Ríos7mo. Distrito, GualeguayNicolas Chimento
4766028/04/2010ArgentinaBuenos AiresPaseo del Bosque, La PlataNicolas Chimento
2377510/01/2009ArgentinaBuenos AiresLa PlataNicolas Chimento
2647120/10/2007ArgentinaLa RiojaCuesta de MirandaNicolas Chimento
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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 22/03/2026.