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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: 665729
♂  Adult
Departamento Gualeguaychú
Entre Ríos
Argentina
01/03/2026
Gustavo Puente
Foto
Photography ID: 618003
♂  Adult
Parque Nacional Pre-Delta
Entre Ríos
Argentina
01/08/2025
Gustavo Puente
Foto
Photography ID: 567630
♂ ♀  Adult
Departamento Gualeguaychú
Entre Ríos
Argentina
01/28/2024
Gustavo Puente
Foto
Photography ID: 521974
♂ ♀  Adult
Reserva Parque Florístico Unzué
Entre Ríos
Argentina
01/21/2023
Gustavo Puente
Foto
Photography ID: 478351
♂  Adult
Gualeguaychú
Entre Ríos
Argentina
01/08/2022
Gustavo Puente
Foto
Photography ID: 248920
♂ ♀  Adult
Gualeguaychú
Entre Ríos
Argentina
01/28/2018
Gustavo Puente
Foto
Photography ID: 132973
  Adult
Gualeguaychú
Entre Ríos
Argentina
01/09/2016
Gustavo Puente
Foto
Photography ID: 42289
  Juvenile
Reserva Termas del Guaychú
Entre Ríos
Argentina
03/08/2014
Gustavo Puente



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Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
240998403/01/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Unzué, Departamento GualeguaychúGustavo Puente
223173608/01/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional Pre-DeltaGustavo Puente
223079905/01/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosCamino Cuatro Hermanas1Gustavo Puente
195941628/01/2024ArgentinaEntre RíosNoroeste de Pueblo Belgrano, Departamento GualeguaychúGustavo Puente
170964021/01/2023ArgentinaEntre RíosReserva Parque Florístico UnzuéGustavo Puente
170420515/01/2023ArgentinaEntre RíosReserva Natural Municipal Las PiedrasGustavo Puente
152969908/01/2022ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Unzué, GualeguaychúGustavo Puente
140304615/05/2021ArgentinaEntre RíosReserva Parque Florístico UnzuéGustavo Puente
86416203/01/2019ArgentinaEntre RíosReserva Parque Florístico UnzuéGustavo Puente
70220628/01/2018ArgentinaEntre RíosCamino de la Costa, GualeguaychúGustavo Puente
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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 15/04/2026.