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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: 644168
  Adult
Villa Domínico
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/19/2025
Diego Trillo
Foto
Photography ID: 425070
♀  Adult
Zárate
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/20/2020
Ricardo Juliano
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
Foto
Photography ID: 7374
  Adult
San Isidro
Buenos Aires
Argentina
05/29/2011
Santiago Alemán



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
232489019/07/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresCEAMSE - Complejo Ambiental Villa Domínico, Villa DomínicoDiego Trillo
133441120/12/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresIsla Talavera, ZárateRicardo Juliano
69660412/02/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresRio parana guazu km 170 costa bonaerense, Río Paraná GuazúRicardo Juliano
35574025/10/2015ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Aguiar, San Nicolás de los Arroyos1Analia Veronica Bringa
32072427/08/2015ArgentinaBuenos AiresVuelta de Obligado (San Pedro)1Nicolas Olejnik
10230623/01/2014ArgentinaBuenos AiresLa PlataWalter Liriel Gómez Umpierrez
2586805/01/2012ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Natural Municipal Ribera Norte (San Isidro)Carlos Gianoli
1458930/05/2011ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Natural Municipal Ribera Norte (San Isidro)Esteban Argerich
1527629/05/2011ArgentinaBuenos AiresSan IsidroSantiago Alemán
703605/02/2011ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Natural Municipal Ribera Norte (San Isidro)Diego Oscar
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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 12/04/2026.