Lewis's woodpecker [SEP] parent taxon
Lewis's woodpecker
The 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.
Description.
One of the largest species of American woodpeckers, Lewis's woodpecker can measure up to in length. It is mainly reddish-breasted, blackish-green in color with a black rump. It
White-browed piculet
- Antillean piculet
- Grey-and-buff woodpecker
- Heart-spotted woodpecker
- White woodpecker
- Lewis's woodpecker
- Guadeloupe woodpecker
- Puerto Rican woodpecker
- Red-headed woodpecker
- Acorn woodpecker
- Yellow-tufted woodpecker
- Yellow-fronted woodpecker
- Golden-naped woodpecker
- Beautiful woodpecker
- Black-cheeked woodpecker
- White-fronted woodpecker
- Hispaniolan woodpecker
- Jamaican woodpecker
- Golden-cheeked woodpecker
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