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Checkered Woodpecker

Veniliornis mixtus
(Boddaert, P, 1783)
Carpintero Bataraz Chico
Pica-pau-chorão
Family: Picidae
Order: Piciformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation Status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern
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Synonyms: Dryobates mixtus, Picus mixtus.

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Latest feeding records
Feeding
GroupSpeciesDateUser
InsectsChicharrita de la Espuma (Cephisus siccifolius)06/11/2015Favio Belotto



Number of Photography: 1497

Foto
Photography ID: 677112
♂  Adult
Parque Nacional Lihué Calel
La Pampa
Argentina
02/12/2026
Guillermo Marcaida
Foto
Photography ID: 675682
♂  Adult
Belén de Escobar
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/27/2026
Dolores Fernandez
Foto
Photography ID: 675208
  Adult
Monsalvo
Córdoba
Argentina
01/18/2026
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 673853
♂  Adult
Parque Nacional Iberá
Corrientes
Argentina
12/09/2025
Santos Uranga
Foto
Photography ID: 672847
♂  Adult
Delta del Paraná
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/02/2026
Fernando Naifleisch
Foto
Photography ID: 672099
  Adult
Tinogasta
Catamarca
Argentina
02/04/2026
Hugo Alberto Valderrey
Foto
Photography ID: 671650
♀  Adult
San Miguel de Tucumán
Tucumán
Argentina
02/06/2026
Viviana Fuentes
Foto
Photography ID: 669325
♂  Adult
Reserva Provincial Parque Luro
La Pampa
Argentina
11/23/2025
Silvio Lamothe
Foto
Photography ID: 669188
  Adult
Departamento Utracan
La Pampa
Argentina
01/24/2026
Hugo Alberto Valderrey
Foto
Photography ID: 668930
♀  Adult
Carmen de Patagones
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/27/2025
Pablo Sanchez
Foto
Photography ID: 668219
♀  Adult
Villa Carlos Paz
Córdoba
Argentina
01/12/2026
Jorge Carlos Trincavelli



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Number of Recorded Vocalizations: 12



Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Diego Trillo10/26/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresEco Área Avellaneda, AvellanedaIndistinguishableAdultNoNo
Viviana Fuentes11/15/2024ArgentinaTucumánSan Miguel de TucumánN/AImmatureNoNo
Pablo Bruni09/02/2023ArgentinaEntre RíosFederalN/AN/AYesNo
Diego Oscar11/10/2023ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)N/AN/AYesNo
Román Montero12/23/2022ArgentinaBuenos AiresPlaza Cumelén (plaza del Vagón), Castelar♂ ♀AdultYesNo
Diego Oscar03/01/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresGran Buenos Aires NorteN/AN/AYesNo
Marcelo Fabio Dolsan01/11/2020ArgentinaLa PampaEntre Santa Rosa y ToayIndistinguishableN/ANoNo
Marcelo Fabio Dolsan10/11/2015ArgentinaMendozaReserva de Biósfera ÑacuñánN/AN/ANoNo
Federico Burgos Bauer03/08/2015ArgentinaLa PampaReserva Natural Urbana La MalvinaIndistinguishableN/AYesNo
Dolores Fernandez02/21/2015ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)N/AAdultNoNo
Diego Oscar05/03/2014ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas♀AdultYesNo
Jose Luis Merlo12/31/1969ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)♀AdultNoNo


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Number of Films: 21





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Number of Records: 6719



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
244482507/03/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas2Diego Oscar
244134203/03/2026ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)Nicolas Olejnik
244124902/03/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresPlaza Cumelén (plaza del Vagón), Castelar2Román Montero
244076927/02/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosTerraplen, Ceibas1Gabriel Carbajales
244070327/02/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosCampo paranacito, Departamento Islas del Ibicuy1Gabriel Carbajales
243991427/02/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Natural Puertos, Belén de EscobarDolores Fernandez
243983927/02/2026ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)1Diego Oscar
244065526/02/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresÁrea Natural Yrigoyen (Yrigoyen y el Río), Vicente López1Gabriel Carbajales
244460322/02/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresPlaya Palo blanco, Berisso1Julian Uriel Collado
243763522/02/202610:27ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamino al Inta, Parque Nacional Ciervo de los Pantanos1María Alejandra Sosa
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Checkered Woodpecker (Veniliornis mixtus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 10/03/2026.