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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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Photography ID: 69516
  Adult
Estancia El Guayabo
Entre Ríos
Argentina
10/24/2014
Nicolas Olejnik
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Photography ID: 56555
♀  Adult
Estancia El Guayabo
Entre Ríos
Argentina
07/10/2014
Nicolas Olejnik
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Photography ID: 5276
  Adult
Esteros del Iberá
Corrientes
Argentina
03/23/2011
Nicolas Olejnik



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
241070904/01/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibasNicolas Olejnik
238271706/11/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosPerdicesNicolas Olejnik
238247305/11/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibasNicolas Olejnik
235841114/09/2025ArgentinaSaltaHotel Viñas de Cafayate, CafayateNicolas Olejnik
235785813/09/2025ArgentinaTucumánCamino de acceso a las ruinas de los quilmes, Amaicha del ValleNicolas Olejnik
235782813/09/2025ArgentinaSaltaDique San CarlosNicolas Olejnik
226089309/03/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibasNicolas Olejnik
225921908/03/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosLodge Río de las Aves, CeibasNicolas Olejnik
225823007/03/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibasNicolas Olejnik
220506422/11/2024ArgentinaSaltaDique San CarlosNicolas Olejnik
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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 18/04/2026.