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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: 606935
 Amaicha del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
01/03/2024
Viviana Fuentes
Foto
Photography ID: 594443
  Adult
Amaicha del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
01/28/2024
Jorge Blackhall
Foto
Photography ID: 543003
  Adult
Ampimpa
Tucumán
Argentina
07/12/2023
Walter Bustamante
Foto
Photography ID: 528094
  Adult
Amaicha del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
07/18/2016
Ramon Moller Jensen
Foto
Photography ID: 471916
  Adult
Colalao del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
10/19/2021
Fernando Alberto Segura
Foto
Photography ID: 384850
 Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
02/24/2020
Viviana Fuentes
Foto
Photography ID: 383040
 Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
02/17/2020
Viviana Fuentes
Foto
Photography ID: 382852
 Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
02/15/2020
Viviana Fuentes
Foto
Photography ID: 378752
 Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
01/27/2020
Viviana Fuentes
Foto
Photography ID: 378733
  Adult
Colalao del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
01/25/2020
Miguel Andina



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Last Vocalizations published



Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Viviana Fuentes01/04/2026ArgentinaTucumánAmaicha del ValleIndistinguishableN/ANoNo
Viviana Fuentes01/10/2024ArgentinaTucumánColalao del ValleN/AN/AYesNo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
242287704/01/2026ArgentinaTucumánAmaicha del ValleViviana Fuentes
235785813/09/2025ArgentinaTucumánCamino de acceso a las ruinas de los quilmes, Amaicha del ValleNicolas Olejnik
227097225/03/2025ArgentinaTucumánRuinas de Quilmes, Amaicha del Valle10Gabriel Carbajales
220503222/11/2024ArgentinaTucumánAmaicha del ValleNicolas Olejnik
220402921/11/2024ArgentinaTucumánRuta 307 entre El Infiernillo y Amaicha del ValleNicolas Olejnik
235199804/09/2024ArgentinaTucumánRuinas de Quilmes, Amaicha del Valle1Mauro Desch
211232217/07/2024ArgentinaTucumánAmaicha del ValleBc_pajareritos Burritos
211222217/07/2024ArgentinaTucumánAmaicha del ValleLautaro Pereira
196723607/02/2024ArgentinaTucumánRuta Nacional 40 (-26,332142, -65,957590)1Jorge La Grotteria
196722407/02/2024ArgentinaTucumánRuta Nacional 40 (-26,271355, -65,948184)1Jorge La Grotteria
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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.