White-fronted Woodpecker

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White-fronted Woodpecker
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Melanerpes
Species: M. cactorum
Binomial name
Melanerpes cactorum
(D'Orbigny, 1840)

The White-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

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