White-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(D'Orbigny, 1840)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest. From sea-level - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay (B).

South-eastern Peru (Puno), central and south-eastern Bolivia (southern from Cochabamba and Santa Cruz) and south-western Brazil (south-western Mato Grosso) south to western Paraguay and northern Argentina (south to La Rioja, San Luis and Entre R��os, east to to western Corrientes).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (47)...)

White-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum) [XC732447]
by Bernard BOUSQUET from Santa Fe, La Capital, Santa Fe, Argentina (drumming)

White-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum) [XC826895]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Altos de Chipi\u00f3n, San Justo, C\u00f3rdoba, Argentina (call)

Subspecies
Despite some variation in throat colour (from all white to all yellow), differences not sufficiently constant geographically to warrant recognition of any subspecies.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum) - 10 files

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