Lewis's woodpecker / Blutgesichtsspecht (Melanerpes lewis)

Wikipedia: Lewis's woodpecker Source: WIKIPEDIA Lewis%27s_Woodpecker.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Melanerpes (Melanerpes); Family Woodpeckers (Picidae)
General: Lewis's woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis) is a large North American species of woodpecker which ornithologist Alexander Wilson named after Meriwether Lewis, one of the explorers who surveyed the areas bought by the United States of America as part of the Louisiana Purchase and discovered this species of bird. [more]