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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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Foto
Photography ID: 670493
♂  Adult
Parque Nacional El Palmar
Entre Ríos
Argentina
01/12/2026
Guillermo Marcaida
Foto
Photography ID: 664799
  Adult
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
11/24/2025
Guillermo Marcaida
Foto
Photography ID: 593432
♂ ♀  Adult
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
06/10/2024
Guillermo Marcaida
Foto
Photography ID: 452931
♂  Adult
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
03/19/2021
Guillermo Marcaida
Foto
Photography ID: 308034
  Adult
Quines
San Luis
Argentina
11/14/2018
Guillermo Marcaida
Foto
Photography ID: 277665
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
07/03/2018
Guillermo Marcaida
Foto
Photography ID: 160969
  Adult
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
07/23/2016
Guillermo Marcaida
Foto
Photography ID: 131465
  Adult
Parque Pereyra Iraola
Buenos Aires
Argentina
09/12/2015
Guillermo Marcaida
Foto
Photography ID: 89276
  Adult
Perdices
Entre Ríos
Argentina
03/14/2015
Guillermo Marcaida



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
242484112/01/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional El PalmarGuillermo Marcaida
240438124/11/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibasGuillermo Marcaida
212311210/06/2024ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibasGuillermo Marcaida
191724821/09/2023ArgentinaFormosaBañado La Estrella1Guillermo Marcaida
149016911/10/2021ArgentinaMisionesRuta sin nombrarGuillermo Marcaida
138495919/03/2021ArgentinaEntre RíosReserva Natural Ceibas, CeibasGuillermo Marcaida
133760021/12/2020ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibasGuillermo Marcaida
112763007/10/2019ArgentinaCorrientesRuta 6 (entre Concepcion y Mburucuya)Guillermo Marcaida
86153214/11/2018ArgentinaSan LuisQuinesGuillermo Marcaida
79680407/07/2018ArgentinaMisionesReserva Yaguaroundí (San Pedro)Guillermo Marcaida
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. White Woodpecker (Melanerpes candidus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 19/04/2026.