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White Woodpecker

Melanerpes candidus
(Otto, BC, 1796)
Carpintero Blanco
Pica-pau-branco
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 candidus.


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Photography ID: 108183
♂  Adult
El Vinalar
Salta
Argentina
01/14/2015
Diego Alfonso Rosa



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
213160106/08/2024ArgentinaSaltaEmbarcación3Diego Oscar
106195111/01/2019ArgentinaSaltaJoaquín V. González, Anta1Julian Quillen Vidoz
106195011/10/2016ArgentinaSaltaJoaquín V. González, AntaJulian Quillen Vidoz
48076109/03/2015ArgentinaSaltaLa caldera,embalse las maderas., Ruta 9 (cerca de Jujuy)2Dario Juan Wendeler
31130514/01/2015ArgentinaSaltaEl VinalarDiego Alfonso Rosa
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. White Woodpecker (Melanerpes candidus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 29/03/2026.