White-fronted Woodpecker
Melanerpes cactorum(d'Orbigny, ACVMD, 1839)
English (US) White-fronted Woodpecker
The White-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Picidae (Woodpeckers) in the order Piciformes.
Range: arid southeastern Peru (Puno?) to northern Argentina, Paraguay, and southwestern BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melanerpes cactorum
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-fronted Woodpecker
- Described by
- (d'Orbigny, ACVMD, 1839)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus cactorum
- Described by
- (d'Orbigny, ACVMD, 1839)
- Type locality
- Near Chaluani and Chilon, Mizque, Bolivia.
- Original description
- Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale (le Brésil, la République Orientale de l'Uruguay, la République Argentine, la Patagonie, la République du Chili, la République de Bolivia, la République du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833 4 livr.51 pl.62 fig.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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