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Yellow-tufted Woodpecker
Melanerpes cruentatus
(L 6.75")
Widespread in subtropical
and tropical lowland forests
of South America.
Old Zamora Road
18Feb2013
Road near Zamora
18Feb2013
Melanerpes in Greek means black
or dark creeper; cruentatus is
Latin for blood-stained.
flash photo
© Paul A.
Schwartz
Macaulay
Library
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