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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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  Adult
Chancani
Córdoba
Argentina
01/12/2025
Walter Bustamante
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  Adult
Córdoba
Córdoba
Argentina
08/07/2024
Walter Bustamante
Foto
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  Adult
Ampimpa
Tucumán
Argentina
07/12/2023
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Foto
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♂ ♀  Adult
Cruz del Eje
Córdoba
Argentina
04/14/2022
Walter Bustamante
Foto
Photography ID: 476103
♀  Adult
Chancani
Córdoba
Argentina
07/13/2021
Walter Bustamante
Foto
Photography ID: 345372
♂  Adult
Los Baldecitos
San Juan
Argentina
07/09/2019
Walter Bustamante
Foto
Photography ID: 342094
♀  Adult
Córdoba
Córdoba
Argentina
06/08/2019
Walter Bustamante
Foto
Photography ID: 264601
♀  Adult
Tipiro
Santiago del Estero
Argentina
04/02/2018
Walter Bustamante
Foto
Photography ID: 222983
  Adult
Unquillo
Córdoba
Argentina
08/24/2017
Walter Bustamante
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Photography ID: 172858
  Adult
Córdoba
Córdoba
Argentina
10/22/2016
Walter Bustamante
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♀  Adult
San José
Santiago del Estero
Argentina
07/17/2016
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Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
244832423/01/2026ArgentinaCórdobaParque Nacional TraslasierraWalter Bustamante
228336002/02/2025ArgentinaCórdobaMonte a escasos kilómetros, Villa del Totoral1Walter Bustamante
225239412/01/2025ArgentinaCórdobaParque Provincial, ChancaniWalter Bustamante
220900807/08/2024ArgentinaCórdobaParque Sarmiento, CórdobaWalter Bustamante
180290912/07/2023ArgentinaTucumánAmpimpaWalter Bustamante
157508014/04/2022ArgentinaCórdobaCamino hacia Dean Funes, Cruz del EjeWalter Bustamante
152158113/07/2021ArgentinaCórdobaParque Provincial, ChancaniWalter Bustamante
95885309/07/2019ArgentinaSan JuanHospedaje Leandra, Los BaldecitosWalter Bustamante
94962408/06/2019ArgentinaCórdobaParque Sarmiento, CórdobaWalter Bustamante
75581202/04/2018ArgentinaSantiago del EsteroLagunas de Tipiro, TipiroWalter Bustamante
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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.