Lewis' Woodpecker
“Asyndesmus torquatus. Lewis’ Woodpecker. Lared Woodpecker. Adult: Upper parts, including wings and tail, flanks and crissum, green-black with intense bronzy lustre, especially on the back - this iridescence like that of Quiscalus aneus almost. Face dark crimson, in a patch of velvety feathers around bill and eyes. A narrow distant collar around back of neck, and breast, hoary bluish-gray, gradually brightening behind on the under parts to intense rose-red or lake, delicately pencilled in hair lines with the hoary-gray. No white on wings or tail, their under surfaces simply black. Bill blackish; feet greenish-plumbeous. Iris brown.” Elliot Coues, 1884
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migratory birds, birds, kwoodpecker, ornithology, North American birds, omnivorous birds, hawking birds, Asyndesmus torquatus, Lewis' Woodpecker, Lared Woodpecker, Melanerpes lewisGalleries
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Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)
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