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Lewis's Woodpecker

Melanerpes lewis

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Picidae

Lewis's woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis) is a large North American species of woodpecker which ornithologist Alexander Wilson named after Meriwether Lewis. Lewis was one of the explorers who surveyed the areas bought by the United States of America as part of the Louisiana Purchase and first described this species of bird. Taxonomy Lewis's woodpecker was described and illustrated in 1811 by the American ornithologist Alexander Wilson in his American Ornithology; or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 83,117Canada · 5,095Mexico · 107