Definition of Melanerpes erythrocephalus

1. Noun. Black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck.

Exact synonyms: Redhead, Redheaded Woodpecker
Generic synonyms: Pecker, Peckerwood, Woodpecker
Group relationships: Genus Melanerpes, Melanerpes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Melanerpes Erythrocephalus

Mekcase
Mekhitarist
Mekhitarists
Mekong
Mekong River
Mel
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson
Mel Gibson
Melampodium
Melampodium leucanthum
Melampsora
Melampsora lini
Melampsoraceae
Melanchthon
Melanerpes
Melanerpes erythrocephalus (current term)
Melanesia
Melanesian
Melanesians
Melanie
Melanie Klein
Melanitta
Melanitta nigra
Melanochroi
Melanogrammus
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Melanoplus
Melanotis
Melanotis caerulescens
Melanthiaceae

Literary usage of Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"... a lapsus calami for Melanerpes erythrocephalus and there is no other evidence that the author intended to describe a new species or subspecies. ..."

2. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linn.). (406) Synonyms: Red-head, Tricolor. ... Melanerpes erythrocephalus, Swains., 1831, and authors generally. Figure 90. ..."

3. Bulletin by Bureau of Biological Survey, United States (1895)
"3), we reach the Redhead Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus, PL II, fig. ... The Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus^ PI. I, fig. ..."

4. �Etudes m�edicales sur les serpents de la Vend�ee et de Loire-Inf�erieure by Ambroise Viaud-Grand-Marais, George Robert Gray (1868)
"SN ip 174. Picus obscurus, Gmel. SN ip 429. Melanerpes erythrocephalus, Sw. Classif. of B. ii. p. 310. ..."

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