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Acorn Woodpecker

Melanerpes formicivorus
(Swainson, WJ, 1827)
Carpintero Careto
Family: Picidae
Order: Piciformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Records from Valle del Cauca

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Picus formicivorus.

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Foto
Photography ID: 651176
♂ ♀  Adult
La Florida - Bosque de Las Aves
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/12/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 651175
♂ ♀  Adult
La Florida - Bosque de Las Aves
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/12/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 651174
♂ ♀  Adult
La Florida - Bosque de Las Aves
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/12/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 651100
♂ ♀  Adult
Ecolodge La Minga
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/13/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 651099
♂ ♀  Adult
Ecolodge La Minga
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/13/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 651098
♂ ♀  Adult
Ecolodge La Minga
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/13/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 650195
♀  Adult
Finca la florida
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/12/2025
Jorge Schlemmer
Foto
Photography ID: 523354
♂  Adult
Finca la florida
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
01/14/2023
Carlos Schmidt
Foto
Photography ID: 402069
♀  Adult
Cali
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
06/08/2016
Martina Wendeler



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
235364915/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaLa Huerta Hotel, Yotoco2Pablo Eguia
233285515/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaLa Huerta Hotel, Yotoco2Nino A. Grangetto
235343213/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaEcolodge La Minga2Pablo Eguia
233380713/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaLa Minga ecolodge2Jorge Schlemmer
233214813/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaLa Minga ecolodge2Nino A. Grangetto
235326312/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaLa Florida - Bosque de Las Aves2Pablo Eguia
235278112/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaFinca la floridaJorge Schlemmer
233208111/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaFinca la florida2Nino A. Grangetto
229695617/05/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaFinca la florida2Carlos Schmidt
229676717/05/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaLa Minga ecolodge5Carlos Schmidt
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 15/04/2026.