Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Woodpeckers and Allies :: White-fronted Woodpecker

White-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes cactorum

Described by: d'Orbigny (1840)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): Centurus cactorum, Trichopicus cactorum

Photographs

Red-Fronted Macaw Lodge, Cochabamba, Bolivia - Jul, 2010 © Lou Hegedus  Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil - Apr, 2008 © Ulrich Eidam  Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil - Apr, 2008 © Ulrich Eidam  Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil - Apr, 2008 © Ulrich Eidam  Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil - Apr, 2008 © Ulrich Eidam 
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Range

Sc. tropical South America;
Se. Peru, c. and se. Bolivia and sw. Brazil s. to Paraguay, Uruguay and n. Argentina.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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