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Black-cheeked Woodpecker

Melanerpes pucherani
(Malherbe, A, 1849)
Carpintero Cara Negra
Family: Picidae
Order: Piciformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Zebrapicus pucherani.


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Foto
Photography ID: 575707
♂  Adult
Puerto viejo de sarapiqui
Heredia
Costa Rica
02/03/2024
Carlos Schmidt
Foto
Photography ID: 572267
♂  Adult
San Ramón
Alajuela
Costa Rica
02/02/2024
Carlos Schmidt
Foto
Photography ID: 505769
♂  Adult
Boca Tapada
Alajuela
Costa Rica
05/03/2018
Nino A. Grangetto
Foto
Photography ID: 273947
  Adult
Pital
Alajuela
Costa Rica
04/14/2018
Dora Virginia Montenegro
Foto
Photography ID: 245569
♂  Adult
Boca Tapada de Pital
Alajuela
Costa Rica
01/01/2018
Daniela Espinosa
Foto
Photography ID: 202861
  Adult
Boca Tapada
Alajuela
Costa Rica
01/04/2017
Luis Cesar Tejo
Foto
Photography ID: 201919
♂  Immature
Playa Cocles
Limón
Costa Rica
08/30/2016
Patricio M. Silfeni
Foto
Photography ID: 191814
♂  Adult
La Fortuna
Alajuela
Costa Rica
02/01/2017
Sebastián Martín Santiago
Foto
Photography ID: 139894
♂  Adult
Sarapiqui
Heredia
Costa Rica
01/23/2016
Carlos Schmidt
Foto
Photography ID: 137534
♂  Adult
La Fortuna - Arenal
Guanacaste
Costa Rica
01/28/2016
Carlos Schmidt



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 Detail of places sorted by number of records







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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
204774704/03/2024Costa RicaHerediaGran Gavilán del Sarapiquí Lodge, Puerto viejo de sarapiquiMarcelo Gavensky
204772103/03/2024Costa RicaHerediaPierella Ecological Garden, HorquetasMarcelo Gavensky
204765302/03/2024Costa RicaHerediaGran Gavilán del Sarapiquí Lodge, Puerto viejo de sarapiquiMarcelo Gavensky
201054803/02/2024Costa RicaHerediaTico rainforest lodge, Puerto viejo de sarapiquiCarlos Schmidt
198023002/02/2024Costa RicaAlajuelaParque San Luis, San RamónCarlos Schmidt
200521228/01/2024Costa RicaAlajuelaRefugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Caño NegroCarlos Schmidt
124810102/09/2019Costa RicaAlajuelaBoca Tapada de Pital5Graciela Neira
163253703/05/2018Costa RicaAlajuelaBoca TapadaNino A. Grangetto
77501514/04/2018Costa RicaAlajuelaBoca Tapada, PitalDora Virginia Montenegro
67964602/01/2018Costa RicaAlajuelaBoca Tapada6Luis Cesar Tejo
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 12/04/2026.