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West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris

  • LC Least Concern
  • Names (10)
  • Subspecies (5)
Hans Winkler and David Christie
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 29, 2018

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Recommended Citation

Winkler, H. and D. A. Christie (2020). West Indian Woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.weiwoo1.01