Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis) - HBW 7, p. 439
French: Pic de Lewis
German: Blutgesichtsspecht
Spanish: Carpintero de Lewis
Taxonomy: Picus Lewis G. R. Gray, 1849, no locality = Montana, USA.
Rather distinctive; sometimes placed in monotypic genus Asyndesmus, but shows many similarities to typical Melanerpes. Monotypic.
Distribution: Coastal ranges and foothills of Rocky Mts from S British Columbia S to Arizona and New Mexico, E to South Dakota, Wyoming and SE Colorado; in winter mostly in S parts of range.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A lateral view of an adult mandibulating a wasp that it caught out of the air to remove the stinger and venom sac, finally remov Locality Santa Barbara County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 4 November 2009 2 years ago 39 sec 5 -
An adult perched high atop a dead pine tree looking around for flying insects. Locality Santa Barbara County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 4 November 2009 2 years ago 28 sec 4.4 -
An adult in its roost cavity early morning looking around, and then spotting perhaps a flying insect, launches out of the cavity Locality Santa Barbara County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 4 November 2009 2 years ago 49 sec 4.2 -
An adult perched atop an oak tree looking around and then flying away. Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 6 January 2010 2 years ago 1 min 1 sec 4 -
A frontal of an adult perched on a dead snag, then another frontal view of an adult perched on a dead snag and then getting push Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 31 October 2009 2 years ago 47 sec 3.8 -
A bird moving about in a tree Locality Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA (United States)
Paul Clarke 7 January 2009 2 years ago 38 sec 2.5
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A bird perching
Locality Portal, Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA (United States)
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 19 April 2007 2 years ago 2.8
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