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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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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Picus formicivorus.

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Foto
Photography ID: 572588
♂  Adult
Oak Glen
California
United States
02/25/2024
Virginia Bonifacio
Foto
Photography ID: 572578
♂ ♀  Adult
Oak Glen
California
United States
02/25/2024
Virginia Bonifacio
Foto
Photography ID: 335162
  Adult
San Simeon
California
United States
05/08/2019
Gustavo Kin
Foto
Photography ID: 248498
♂  Adult
Alameda County
California
United States
02/03/2018
Rutger Koperdraad
Foto
Photography ID: 185972
♀  Adult
Trabuco Canyon
California
United States
01/18/2017
Virginia Bonifacio
Foto
Photography ID: 148553
♂  Adult
Griffith Park
California
United States
05/12/2015
Marcos Augusto Lartigau



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
198091625/02/2024United StatesCaliforniaLaw´s Cider Mill, Oak GlenVirginia Bonifacio
198090625/02/2024United StatesCaliforniaOak Tree Mountain, Oak GlenVirginia Bonifacio
92872608/05/2019United StatesCaliforniaSan SimeonGustavo Kin
70077103/02/2018United StatesCaliforniaDel Valle Regional Park, Alameda CountyRutger Koperdraad
53010118/01/2017United StatesCaliforniaWhitting Ranch, Trabuco Canyon15Virginia Bonifacio
52089124/12/2016United StatesCaliforniaO´neill Regional Park5Virginia Bonifacio
51843618/12/2016United StatesCaliforniaIrvine Regional Park38Virginia Bonifacio
51605115/12/2016United StatesCaliforniaLaguna cost wildernees park6Virginia Bonifacio
29093920/05/2015United StatesCaliforniaGriffith ParkMarcos Augusto Lartigau
43037512/05/2015United StatesCaliforniaGriffith ParkMarcos Augusto Lartigau
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Citation recommended:

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