West Indian Woodpecker

West Indian Woodpecker
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Picidae
Genus:	Melanerpes
Species:	M. superciliaris
Binomial name
Melanerpes superciliaris (Temminck, 1827)

The West Indian Woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands and Cuba. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

The species has been observed to have a polyandrous breeding system, with one female raising two broods with different males concurrently.

References

• BirdLife International 2004. Melanerpes superciliaris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
• Raffaele, Herbert; James Wiley, Orlando Garrido, Allan Keith & Janis Raffaele (2003) Birds of the West Indies, Christopher Helm, London.
• Willimont, L.A., Jackson, J.A. and Jackson, B.J.S. (1991). "Classical polyandry in the West Indian woodpecker on Abaco, Bahamas". Wilson Bull. 103: 124-125. [1]

External links

• Stamps (for Cayman Islands, and Cuba)
• Stamp photo; Article
• West Indian Woodpecker photo gallery VIREO; Photo-linked at natureserve.org
• West Indian Woodpecker videos on the Internet Bird Collection

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