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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: 670010
 Santa María
Catamarca
Argentina
01/01/2026
Viviana Fuentes
Foto
Photography ID: 606935
 Amaicha del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
01/03/2024
Viviana Fuentes
Foto
Photography ID: 384850
 Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
02/24/2020
Viviana Fuentes
Foto
Photography ID: 384838
 Santa María
Catamarca
Argentina
02/23/2020
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: 378854
 Santa María
Catamarca
Argentina
01/26/2020
Viviana Fuentes
Foto
Photography ID: 378752
 Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
01/27/2020
Viviana Fuentes



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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
Viviana Fuentes05/18/2021ArgentinaSantiago del EsteroSantiago del EsteroIndistinguishableSeveralNoNo



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Last Filmings published


Video ID: 6086
♂ ♀ Catamarca
Catamarca
Argentina
12/30/2023
Viviana Fuentes



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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
242287704/01/2026ArgentinaTucumánAmaicha del ValleViviana Fuentes
242368501/01/2026ArgentinaCatamarcaCasa Sm, Santa MaríaViviana Fuentes
194933610/01/2024ArgentinaTucumánColalao del ValleViviana Fuentes
218131403/01/2024ArgentinaTucumánAmaicha, Amaicha del ValleViviana Fuentes
194999703/01/2024ArgentinaTucumánTucumánViviana Fuentes
193564130/12/2023ArgentinaCatamarcaCatamarcaViviana Fuentes
193476918/05/2021ArgentinaSantiago del EsteroSantiago del EsteroViviana Fuentes
193443630/01/2021ArgentinaCatamarcaCuesta del clavillo del lado de Catamarca, CatamarcaViviana Fuentes
120199124/02/2020ArgentinaTucumánAmaicha Del Valle - Ampimpa - Represa, Tafí del ValleViviana Fuentes
120197823/02/2020ArgentinaCatamarcaSan josé - Ruta 40 - La Puntilla, Santa MaríaViviana Fuentes
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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 19/04/2026.