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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

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Photography ID: 644921
  Adult
Resistencia
Chaco
Argentina
07/12/2025
Gaston Lisandro Gabinetti
Foto
Photography ID: 644665
  Adult
Villa Ocampo
Santa Fe
Argentina
07/11/2025
Gaston Lisandro Gabinetti
Foto
Photography ID: 267590
♀  Adult
Ruinas de los Quilmes
Tucumán
Argentina
05/08/2018
Gaston Lisandro Gabinetti



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
232768313/07/2025ArgentinaChacoSelvas en galería del Río TragaderoGaston Lisandro Gabinetti
232641812/07/2025ArgentinaChacoBarrio Villa Avalos, ResistenciaGaston Lisandro Gabinetti
232569611/07/2025ArgentinaSanta FeReserva Municipal El Pindó - Jaaukanigás , Villa OcampoGaston Lisandro Gabinetti
76265608/05/2018ArgentinaTucumánRuinas de los QuilmesGaston Lisandro Gabinetti
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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 11/04/2026.