White-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes cactorum Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (25)
- Monotypic
Hans Winkler, David Christie, and Arnau Bonan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 11, 2013
Text last updated October 11, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | picot dels cactus |
| Czech | datel kaktusový |
| Dutch | Cactusspecht |
| English | White-fronted Woodpecker |
| English (United States) | White-fronted Woodpecker |
| French | Pic des cactus |
| French (France) | Pic des cactus |
| German | Kaktusspecht |
| Japanese | サボテンゲラ |
| Norwegian | hvitpannespett |
| Polish | dzięciur białoczelny |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pica-pau-de-testa-branca |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pica-pau-de-testa-branca |
| Russian | Белолобый дятел |
| Serbian | Beločeli detlić |
| Slovak | tesárik bieločelý |
| Slovenian | Kaktusov detel |
| Spanish | Carpintero de Los Cardones |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Carpintero del Cardón |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Carpintero del cactus |
| Spanish (Spain) | Carpintero de los cardones |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Carpintero del Cardón |
| Swedish | vitpannad hackspett |
| Turkish | Ak Alınlı Ağaçkakan |
| Ukrainian | Гіла кактусова |
Melanerpes cactorum (d'Orbigny, 1839)
PROTONYM:
Picus cactorum
d'Orbigny, 1839. 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.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Near Chaluani and Chilon, Mizque, Bolivia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MELANERPES
- cactorum
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the White-fronted Woodpecker
