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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: 294995
♂  Adult
Villa Paranacito
Entre Ríos
Argentina
10/27/2018
Luis Cesar Tejo
Foto
Photography ID: 109395
♂  Adult
Pantanal
Mato Grosso
Brazil
10/10/2013
Luis Cesar Tejo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
237741612/10/2025ArgentinaMisionesLa Misión Lodge, Puerto ParaísoLuis Cesar Tejo
237732611/10/2025ArgentinaCorrientesEstancia Virocay, Gobernador VirasoroLuis Cesar Tejo
217931813/10/2024ParaguayCanindeyúReserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú1Luis Cesar Tejo
170328607/11/2022ArgentinaEntre RíosSan Jaime de la Frontera2Luis Cesar Tejo
147573309/10/2021ArgentinaEntre RíosZona Perdices, Perdices1Luis Cesar Tejo
134279203/01/2021ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas1Luis Cesar Tejo
133734825/12/2020ArgentinaEntre RíosPerdices1Luis Cesar Tejo
132907307/12/2020ArgentinaEntre RíosGualeguaychú2Luis Cesar Tejo
118364326/01/2020ArgentinaEntre RíosPerdices1Luis Cesar Tejo
117324618/01/2020ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas5Luis Cesar Tejo
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Citation recommended:

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