Woodpeckers (Picidae)
White Woodpecker (Melanerpes candidus) - HBW 7, p. 439
French: Pic dominicain
German: Weißspecht
Spanish: Carpintero Blanco
Taxonomy: Picus candidus Otto, 1796, Cayenne.
Distinctive; sometimes placed in monotypic genus Leuconerpes, but shows many morphological similarities to typical Melanerpes. Monotypic.
Distribution: Lower Amazon (W to R Madeira), and from extreme SE Peru (Pampas del Heath), S Mato Grosso and NE Brazil (N Maranhão) S to E Bolivia, N Argentina (S to Córdoba, N Buenos Aires) and W & S Uruguay.
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White Woodpecker, adult upperpart view, scanning before 'flycatching' Locality Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
Mark Andrews 13 September 2009 3 years ago 21 sec 4.2 -
A male in the nest Locality Pantanal, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Max Roth 30 April 2002 8 years ago 32 sec 4 -
A male perched and flying away, then a pair at a post Locality Emas National Park, Goiás State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 January 2005 5 years ago 37 sec 3.8 -
A female next to a male and calling, then another male comming to the same post Locality Emas National Park, Goiás State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 January 2005 5 years ago 36 sec 3.8 -
A male pecking a trunk to reach food. Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 4 years ago 27 sec 3.5 -
A couple calling from a stump, at dusk. Locality Misiones Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
German Pugnali 9 February 2007 4 years ago 16 sec 3.3
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A female perched near the bottom of a palm trunk.
Locality Pousada Piuval, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 2 August 2010 2 years ago 4.2 -
Pica pau branco
Locality Itariri, São Paulo State, Brazil
Lindolfo Souto 21 October 2011 1 year ago 4.1 -
Individuo sobre Eucaliptus
Locality Cerro Largo Department, Uruguay (Monotypic species)
Santiago Carvalho 36 weeks ago 4 -
Male climbed in a tree
Locality Estancia San Antonio, El Rabon, Santa Fe Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Horacio Luna 29 July 2011 1 year ago 3.9 -
A portrait
Locality Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
raniero massoli-novelli 1 June 2004 2 years ago 3.7 -
A group on a tree
Locality Afonso Cláudio, Espirito Santo State, Brazil
hawk 9 October 2012 8 weeks ago 3.6
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Three birds singing. Locality Cantareira State park, Guarulhos, São Paulo State, Brazil
Antonio Silveira 1 June 1998 45 weeks ago 4 -
Call. Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 10 April 2005 3 years ago 4 -
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Gang of three individuals who were fed a hive of wasps. Locality Adventist University of Sao Paulo (UNASP), São Paulo City, São Paulo State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Alessandro Abreu 20 January 2013 17 weeks ago 0
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