Yellow-fronted Woodpecker
Intervales State Park
10Oct2017
Fairly common in Brazil, Paraguay
and far northeastern Argentina.
and far northeastern Argentina.
Melanerpes flavifrons
(L 7")
Zzzzz in Greek means xx; zzzzz in Latin means xxx.
Melano in Greek means
black; flavifrons in Latin
means yellow forehead.
black; flavifrons in Latin
means yellow forehead.
At one time in England (before
Linnaeus) a woodpecker was also
known as a woodsprite, pickatree,
rain-fowl, high-hoe, hew-hole,
witwall, and hickwall.
(Don Stap)
Linnaeus) a woodpecker was also
known as a woodsprite, pickatree,
rain-fowl, high-hoe, hew-hole,
witwall, and hickwall.
(Don Stap)
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