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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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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
10230623/01/2014ArgentinaBuenos AiresLa PlataWalter Liriel Gómez Umpierrez
4766028/04/2010ArgentinaBuenos AiresPaseo del Bosque, La PlataNicolas Chimento
4104623/09/2009ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Saavedra, La PlataJosé Luis Lamela
2377510/01/2009ArgentinaBuenos AiresLa PlataNicolas Chimento
134544824/10/2008ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Saavedra, La Plata2Diego Varales
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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 25/03/2026.