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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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Latest feeding records
Feeding
GroupSpeciesDateUser
PlantsPapaya (Carica papaya)31/12/2025Eduardo Battaglini
PlantsMandarina (Citrus reticulata)13/07/2025Pablo Capovilla
PlantsTala (Celtis tala)19/01/2023Pablo Capovilla



Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 681941
  Adult
Esperanza
Santa Fe
Argentina
04/08/2026
Pablo Capovilla
Foto
Photography ID: 666230
  Adult
Malabrigo
Santa Fe
Argentina
12/31/2025
Eduardo Battaglini
Foto
Photography ID: 644665
  Adult
Villa Ocampo
Santa Fe
Argentina
07/11/2025
Gaston Lisandro Gabinetti
Foto
Photography ID: 643471
  Adult
Santurce, San Cristóbal
Santa Fe
Argentina
07/13/2025
Pablo Capovilla
Foto
Photography ID: 641098
♀  Adult
Villa Ocampo
Santa Fe
Argentina
04/01/2025
Silvio Lamothe
Foto
Photography ID: 640450
♂ ♀  Adult
San Carlos Centro
Santa Fe
Argentina
05/22/2025
Alejandro Borghetti
Foto
Photography ID: 606561
♀  Adult
La capital
Santa Fe
Argentina
09/12/2024
Julián Tocce
Foto
Photography ID: 590468
  Adult
Santa Fe
Santa Fe
Argentina
06/23/2013
Adrian Braidotti
Foto
Photography ID: 545662
  Adult
Estación Matilde
Santa Fe
Argentina
08/20/2023
Pablo Alberto Re



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Last Filmings published


Video ID: 3673
  Adult
Santo Tomé
Santa Fe
Argentina
10/21/2017
Eduardo Beltrocco
Video ID: 776
  Adult
Esperanza
Santa Fe
Argentina
12/03/2014
Pablo Capovilla



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 Reports


 Detail of places sorted by number of records







Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
245695608/04/2026ArgentinaSanta FeParque de la agricultura, EsperanzaPablo Capovilla
245678808/04/202618:26ArgentinaSanta FeAvenida 27 de Febrero 2430, Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz1Jorge La Grotteria
244649408/03/2026ArgentinaSanta FePredio cabañas la Joyita, Jaaukanigás1Gabriel Carbajales
243776622/02/202619:21ArgentinaSanta FeLa Rioja 1109, Santo Tomé1Gustavo Fernando Durán
242860907/02/202607:08ArgentinaSanta FeAvenida General López 3055, Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz1Gustavo Fernando Durán
241060104/01/202618:49ArgentinaSanta FeSan Jerónimo NorteGustavo Fernando Durán
240999303/01/202617:23ArgentinaSanta FeLa Rioja 1109, Santo Tomé1Gustavo Fernando Durán
241140831/12/2025ArgentinaSanta FeMalabrigoEduardo Battaglini
239882813/12/202517:45ArgentinaSanta FeLa Rioja 1109, Santo Tomé1Gustavo Fernando Durán
239715310/12/202510:30ArgentinaSanta FeRuta Nacional 168 80, Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz1Gustavo Fernando Durán
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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.