Lewis’s Woodpecker
(Melanerpes lewis)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | LC - Least Concern |
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| NatureServe | N4B, N4N - Apparently Secure Breeding and Nonbreeding SNA - No Status Rank |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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Flies with slow, even flaps, similar to a crow and unlike other woodpeckers. |
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Size |
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10⅝″ |
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Habitat |
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Old growth deciduous, coniferous, and mixed forests; burned logged areas; savannas; orchards; suburbs |
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Biology |
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Distribution |
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Occurrence |
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Rare in Minnesota |
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The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
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Taxonomy |
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| Class | Aves (birds) | ||
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Piciformes (woodpeckers and relatives) | ||
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Picidae (woodpeckers) | ||
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Picinae | ||
Genus |
Melanerpes (Melanerpes Woodpeckers) | ||
Synonyms |
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Asyndesmus lewis |
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| Lewis's Woodpecker Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren |
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| Lewis's Woodpecker Joshua Mayer |
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| Lewis's Woodpecker bocriss |
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About
Uploaded on Nov 2, 2009 This Lewis's Woodpecker was seen in Goleta, California harvesting acorns that Acorn Woodpeckers had placed previously. Such a pretty bird. |
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| Bird of the Week: Lewis's Woodpecker Audubon Guides |
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Uploaded on Oct 31, 2011 Lewis's Woodpecker: Melanerpes lewis |
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| Lewis's Woodpeckers Larry Jordan |
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Published on Oct 29, 2012 These Lewis's Woodpeckers (Melanerpes lewis) are seen most of the year in the oaks trees along the road I travel to work every day. I found one foraging in a large oak which had a nest cavity that appeared to have been recently used. I will keep an eye on this tree next Spring to see if the Lewis's Woodpeckers use it. The bird preening at the end of the video appears to be molting. It flies off the snag and back near the end of the video in a typical Lewis's insect hawking maneuver. You can see an expensive post on this beautiful woodpecker at 10000 Birds: http://10000birds.com/lewiss-woodpeckers-are-back.htm |
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| Lewis's Woodpecker Woodfibrebirder |
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Published on May 8, 2014 Lewis's Woodpecker - Squamish River Estuary - May 8, 2014 The video will automatically switch to the highest resolution but not for about ten seconds so to watch at the highest resolution from the beginning click on the little gear symbol in the lower right hand corner of the video and choose 720p |
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| Lewis's Woodpecker Macaulay Library |
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Uploaded on Sep 9, 2011 Timothy Barksdale, Macaulay Library, Cornell Lab of Ornithology ML Video 2011 http://macaulaylibrary.org/video/2011 |
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| Kathy Bloomquist 6/16/2015 |
Location: Denmark Township, MN Looked like a woodpecker, but did not fly like one. Very different call from other woodpeckers. |
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| John Valo | I had to look this one up. Very rare in Minnesota. |
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