White-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes cactorum Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Hans Winkler, David Christie, and Arnau Bonan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 11, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 11, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Dutch | Cactusspecht |
| English (United States) | White-fronted Woodpecker |
| French | 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 |
| 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 |
Melanerpes cactorum (d'Orbigny, 1839)
PROTONYM:
Picus cactorum
d'Orbigny, 1839. Voy.Am.merid. 4 livr.51, pl.62 fig.2.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Near Chaluani and Chilon, Mizque, Bolivia.
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)
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Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the White-fronted Woodpecker