Woodpeckers (Picidae)
White-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum) - HBW 7, p. 444
French: Pic des cactus
German: Kaktusspecht
Spanish: Carpintero de los Cardones
Taxonomy: Picus cactorum d’Orbigny, 1840, near Chaluani and Chilon, Mizqué, Bolivia.
Despite some variation in throat colour (from all white to all yellow), differences not sufficiently constant geographically to warrant recognition of any races. Monotypic.
Distribution: SE Peru (Puno), C & SE Bolivia (S from Cochabamba and Santa Cruz) and SW Brazil (SW Mato Grosso) S to W Paraguay and N Argentina (S to La Rioja, San Luis and Entre Ríos, E to to W Corrientes).
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A female has found a nest of Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata) and started eating an egg. The nest is built on top of an old one f Locality Ruinas de Quilmes, Tucumán Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
German Pugnali 29 December 2008 12 weeks ago 51 sec 4.7 -
A distant bird creeping on a trunk Locality Pousada Aguapé, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 January 2005 5 years ago 14 sec 4.3 -
A female on a cactus, feeding and scratching Locality Comunidad San Carlos, Omereque, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Juan Carlos Atienza 20 July 2007 4 years ago 15 sec 4.2 -
A female with yellow throat at the nest entrance Locality Pousada Aguapé, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 January 2005 5 years ago 21 sec 4.2 -
A female perched and looking around Locality Comunidad San Carlos, Omereque, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Juan Carlos Atienza 20 July 2007 4 years ago 34 sec 3.9 -
A bird on a cactus, feeding Locality San José, Saipina, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 August 2005 7 years ago 26 sec 3.6
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Perched on top of a cactus late afternoon
Locality Red-fronted Macaw Reserve, Omereque, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
Dubi Shapiro 9 November 2012 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.2 -
Adult foraging among branches
Locality Ruinas de Quilmes, Tucumán Province, Argentina
Marco Valentini 27 August 2012 36 weeks ago 4 -
It is a very common species and always it walks in groups.
Locality Laguna El Cristal Protected Area, Calchaquí, Santa Fe Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Horacio Luna 30 January 2009 3 years ago 3.7 -
Lateral view of a bird perched on a dead trunk.
Locality Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 23 July 2006 16 weeks ago 3.5 -
Adult female resting on cacti
Locality Ruinas de Quilmes, Tucumán Province, Argentina
Marco Valentini 27 August 2012 36 weeks ago 3.5 -
A female, in a park of Buenos Aires City.
Locality Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Juan Carlos Melillo 31 August 2008 39 weeks ago 3.5
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a pair in a mixed flock Locality La Marcela Farm, Formosa Province, Argentina
Kini Roesler 20 September 2009 3 years ago 3
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