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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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Records from Mendoza

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: 681904
  Adult
Ciudad de Mendoza
Mendoza
Argentina
04/02/2026
Sergio Candela
Foto
Photography ID: 681200
♂  Adult
Ciudad de Mendoza
Mendoza
Argentina
04/03/2026
Manuel Godoy
Foto
Photography ID: 680854
  Adult
Ciudad de Mendoza
Mendoza
Argentina
04/02/2026
Damián Carnevale
Foto
Photography ID: 675619
♂ ♀  Adult
Reserva Natural y Cultural Bosques Telteca
Mendoza
Argentina
01/29/2026
Pablo Moreno
Foto
Photography ID: 673944
  Adult
Lavalle
Mendoza
Argentina
01/25/2026
Manuel Godoy
Foto
Photography ID: 672810
♂ ♀  Adult
Reserva Natural y Cultural Bosques Telteca
Mendoza
Argentina
01/29/2026
Pablo Moreno
Foto
Photography ID: 659554
  Adult
La puntilla
Mendoza
Argentina
11/15/2025
Damián Carnevale
Foto
Photography ID: 634522
  Adult
Ciudad de Mendoza
Mendoza
Argentina
05/11/2025
Damián Carnevale
Foto
Photography ID: 628457
  Adult
Godoy Cruz
Mendoza
Argentina
03/28/2025
Damián Carnevale
Foto
Photography ID: 597264
  Adult
La Paz
Mendoza
Argentina
08/27/2024
Manuel Godoy
Foto
Photography ID: 593871
♂  Adult
General Alvear
Mendoza
Argentina
07/27/2024
Pablo Moreno



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 Detail of places sorted by number of records







Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
245586103/04/2026ArgentinaMendozaParque General San Martin, Ciudad de MendozaManuel Godoy
245691702/04/2026ArgentinaMendozaParque General San Martín, Ciudad de MendozaSergio Candela
245508602/04/2026ArgentinaMendozaParque General San Martín, Ciudad de MendozaDamián Carnevale
245634029/03/2026ArgentinaMendozaCampo de fran6Pablo Moreno
244296016/02/2026ArgentinaMendozaParque General San Martín, Ciudad de Mendoza2Pablo Moreno
244265707/02/2026ArgentinaMendozaFlecha nativa2Pablo Moreno
243247629/01/2026ArgentinaMendozaReserva Natural y Cultural Bosques Telteca, Reserva Natural y Cultural Bosques Telteca6Pablo Moreno
243607925/01/2026ArgentinaMendozaBosques telteca, LavalleManuel Godoy
240309520/12/2025ArgentinaMendozaParque General San Martin, Ciudad de Mendoza1Pablo Moreno
239976813/12/2025ArgentinaMendozaParque General San Martín, Ciudad de Mendoza2Pablo Moreno
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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.