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Yellow-tufted Woodpecker

Melanerpes cruentatus
(Boddaert, P, 1783)
Carpintero Penachiamarillo
Benedito-de-testa-vermelha
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 cruentatus.


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Number of Photography: 56

Foto
Photography ID: 646550
  Adult
Manacapuru
Amazonas
Brazil
06/20/2025
Pablo Alberto Re
Foto
Photography ID: 640153
♂ ♀ Via sin nombre
Pastaza
Ecuador
03/22/2025
Eugenia Boggiano
Foto
Photography ID: 640152
♂ ♀ Via sin nombre
Pastaza
Ecuador
03/22/2025
Eugenia Boggiano
Foto
Photography ID: 611732
♂ ♀  Adult
Flor de Café/Plataforma
San Martín
Peru
07/08/2024
Jorge Schlemmer
Foto
Photography ID: 606262
♀  Adult
Manacapuru
Amazonas
Brazil
07/14/2023
Jorge Schlemmer
Foto
Photography ID: 602550
♂ ♀  Adult
Flor de Café/Plataforma
San Martín
Peru
07/08/2024
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 602548
♂ ♀  Adult
Flor de Café/Plataforma
San Martín
Peru
07/08/2024
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 599839
  Adult
Plataforma Pueblo
San Martín
Peru
07/08/2024
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 599838
  Adult
Plataforma Pueblo
San Martín
Peru
07/08/2024
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 593663
  Adult
Flor de Café/Plataforma
San Martín
Peru
07/08/2024
Nino A. Grangetto
Foto
Photography ID: 557921
  Adult
Manacapuru
Amazonas
Brazil
07/14/2023
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 557915
  Adult
Manacapuru
Amazonas
Brazil
07/14/2023
Federico J. Villegas



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Number of Records: 225



Page 1 of 23
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
234065014/08/2025BrazilMato GrossoValle Dos Ventos, Chapada dos GuimaraesNicolas Olejnik
233386220/06/2025BrazilAmazonasCirandeira Bela Pousada, ManacapuruPablo Alberto Re
230402910/06/2025BrazilMato GrossoPouso Alegre, PantanalNicolas Olejnik
229944509/06/2025BrazilMato GrossoPousada Do ParqueNicolas Olejnik
229823908/06/2025BrazilMato GrossoPousada Do ParqueNicolas Olejnik
229741907/06/2025BrazilMato GrossoPousada Do ParqueNicolas Olejnik
230751022/03/2025EcuadorPastaza, Via sin nombre6Eugenia Boggiano
217596221/09/2024BrazilMato GrossoPouso Alegre, Poconé1Dario Juan Wendeler
217589421/09/2024BrazilMato GrossoPouso alegre y alrededores, Poconé1Dario Juan Wendeler
216657621/09/2024BrazilMato GrossoPouso Alegre, Poconé1Miguel Ansenuza
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Yellow-tufted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cruentatus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/03/2026.