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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: 590469
 Cafayate
Salta
Argentina
08/10/2022
Adrian Braidotti
Foto
Photography ID: 590468
  Adult
Santa Fe
Santa Fe
Argentina
06/23/2013
Adrian Braidotti
Foto
Photography ID: 504630
 Cafayate
Salta
Argentina
08/10/2022
Adrian Braidotti
Foto
Photography ID: 23353
  Adult
Santa Fe
Santa Fe
Argentina
06/23/2013
Adrian Braidotti



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
232546922/07/2025ArgentinaCórdobaCasa GrandeAdrian Braidotti
179040409/07/2023ArgentinaEntre RíosPaseo de los puentes, NogoyáAdrian Braidotti
172567119/02/2023ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional Pre-Delta3Adrian Braidotti
164777330/09/2022ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional Pre-Delta5Adrian Braidotti
162926310/08/2022ArgentinaSaltaLas Conchas, Quebrada de Cafayate, Cafayate4Adrian Braidotti
16193919/07/2014ArgentinaSantiago del EsteroTermas de Río HondoAdrian Braidotti
6287223/06/2013ArgentinaSanta FeSanta FeAdrian Braidotti
1705031/07/2011ArgentinaEntre RíosPalacio San José. Museo UrquizaAdrian Braidotti
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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.