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title: "Dzięciur białoczelny"
description: "Melanerpes cactorum — Ptaki. The white-fronted woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum) is a species of bird in the family Picidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/white-fronted-woodpecker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dzięciur białoczelny

> Melanerpes cactorum — Ptaki. The white-fronted woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum) is a species of bird in the family Picidae.

- Scientific name: *Melanerpes cactorum*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 1801
- Wikidata: [Q997458](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q997458)
- iNaturalist taxon: [18166](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/18166)

## Names

- en: White-fronted Woodpecker
- de: Kaktusspecht
- es: Carpintero del cardón
- fr: Pic des cactus
- nl: Cactusspecht
- pt: Pica-pau-de-testa-branca
- pl: Dzięciur białoczelny

## Countries with the most observations

AR (1569), BR (83), BO (57), PY (31), UY (25)

## Summary

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

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-fronted_woodpecker

## Photo

![Dzięciur białoczelny](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-fronted-woodpecker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sebastián Gómez Barboza Silveira · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110214165

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-fronted-woodpecker?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).