Melanerpes lewis

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Vegetation: tropical lowland evergreen forest, pine-oak forests, tropical lowland evergreen forest, second-growth forests and woodlands • Maximum Elevation: 1,700 meters • Sensitivity to Disturbance: Medium

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,632 meters (0 to 11,916 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     1.9     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
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Biology

Diet

Mostly nuts and fruits, with some insects.:

Reproduction

• Nest Type : Cavity
• Clutch Size: 5-9
• Length of Incubation : 13-14 days
• Days to Fledge : 28-34

Migration

Some migrate

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Melanerpes lewis (G. R. Gray, 1849) • Melanerpes lewis (Gray, 1849)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 27-Dec-2005

Similar Species

Wholly dark plumage sets this woodpecker apart from all others. No other woodpecker in the U.S.A. has wings that are entirely solid in color. This and its distinctive crow-like flaps, which contrast markedly with the undulating flight of other woodpeckers, render it easily identifiable at a great distance.

Members of the genus Melanerpes

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 42 species and subspecies in this genus:

M. aurifrons (Golden-Fronted Woodpecker) · M. aurifrons aurifrons (Golden-Fronted Woodpecker) · M. aurifrons insulanus (Golden-Fronted Woodpecker) · M. cactorum (White-Fronted Woodpecker) · M. candidus (White Woodpecker) · M. carolinus (Red-Bellied Woodpecker) · M. carolinus carolinus (Red-Bellied Woodpecker) · M. chrysauchen (Golden-Naped Woodpecker) · M. chrysauchen chrysauchen (Golden-Naped Woodpecker) · M. chrysogenys (Golden-Cheeked Woodpecker) · M. chrysogenys chrysogenys (Golden-Cheeked Woodpecker) · M. cruentatus (Tellow-Tufted Woodpecker) · M. cruentatus cruentatus (Yellow Tufted Woodpecker) · M. erythrocephalus (Tricolored Woodpecker) · M. erythrocephalus caurinus (Red-Headed Woodpecker) · M. erythrocephalus erythrocephalus (Red-Headed Woodpecker) · M. flavifrons (Yellow-Fronted Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus (Narrow-Fronted Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus angustifrons (Acorn Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus bairdi (Acorn Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus formicivorus (Acorn Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus lineatus (Acorn Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus martirensis (Acorn Woodpecker) · M. herminieri (Guadeloupe Woodpecker) · M. hoffmanni (Hoffmann's Woodpecker) · M. hoffmannii (Hoffmann's Woodpecker) · M. hypopolius (Gray-Breasted Woodpecker) · M. lewis (Lewis's Woodpecker) · M. portoricensis (Puerto Rican Woodpecker) · M. pucherani (Black-Cheeked Woodpecker) · M. pulcher (Beautiful Woodpecker) · M. pygmaeus (Red-Vented Woodpecker) · M. pygmaeus pygmaeus (Red-Vented Woodpecker) · M. radiolatus (Jamaican Woodpecker) · M. rubricapillus (Red-Crowned Woodpecker) · M. rubricapillus rubricapillus (Red-Crowned Woodpecker) · M. striatus (Hispaniolan Woodpecker) · M. superciliaris (West Indian Red-Bellied Woodpecker) · M. superciliaris superciliaris (West Indian Red-Bellied Woodpecker) · M. uropygialis (Brewster's Woodpecker) · M. uropygialis brewsteri (Gila Woodpecker) · M. uropygialis uropygialis (Gila Woodpecker)

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Further Reading

• A checklist of the vertebrate animals of Kansas / George D. Potts, Joseph T. Collins. [Lawrence, Kan.]: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1991. url p. 13.
• Assessment of the Red Rock River subbasin and wetlands of the Centennial Valley / Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, c2009. url .
• Birds in Kansas / Max C. Thompson & Charles Ely. 1 Lawrence, Kan.: University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History: c1989- url p. 368, p. xv.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 347.
• California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 117, p. 126.
• Check-list of North American birds: the species of birds of North America from the Arctic through Panama, including the West Indies and Hawaiian Islands / prepared by the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of the American Orni Lawrence, Kan.: American Ornithologists' Union, 1983. url p. 382.
• Great Basin naturalist memoirs. 1976 [Provo, Utah]Brigham Young University, 1976-1992. url p. 120.
• Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 13 1984 San Diego, Calif.: The Society, 1931-1989. url descr. of plate vii , p. 119, p. 243, p. 251, p. xi.
• P.D. Skaar's Montana bird distribution / revised by Susan Lenard. .. [et al.]. Helena: Montana Natural Heritage Program, 2003. url p. 70.
• Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 22.
• The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 526.
• The Great Basin naturalist. 56 1996 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url p. 251, p. 282, p. 320, p. 339, p. 45, p. 519, p. 733, p. 765, p. 767.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2004. Melanerpes lewis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• BirdLife International 2009. Melanerpes lewis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
• Hines, J. E., Gregory Gough, J. R. Sauer, et al. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Parker III, T.A., D.F. Stotz, and J.W. Fitzpatrick, and quot;Ecological and Distributional Databases for Neotropical Birds, and quot; in Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation, by D.F. Stotz, T.A. Parker III, J.W. Fitzpatrick, and D.K. Moskovits (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996). ISBN 0-226-64676-9.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Sauer, J. R., J. E. Hines, and J. Fallon. 2005. The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Results and Analysis 1966 - 2004. Version 2005.2. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
• Sauer, J. R., S. Schwartz, and B. Hoover. 1996. The Christmas Bird Count Home Page. Version 95.1. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
• Species At Risk Act Public Registry, Government of Canada

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Avian Knowledge Network: Great Backyard Bird Count
• Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves)
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Royal British Columbia Museum
• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Bird Collection
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• UCLA-Dickey Bird Collection (UCLA-Dickey): Bird specimens
• University of Colorado Museum: Zoological specimens
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 11405
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-178196
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13837171
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 178200
• IUCN ID: 222348
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNYF04012
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 13036

Footnotes

1. Mean = 1,598.080 meters (5,243.045 feet), Standard Deviation = 696.800 based on 2,531 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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