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White Woodpecker

Melanerpes candidus

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Aisse Gaertner
Aisse Gaertner 10 years ago

Yeah! His name means: (greek) melas = black; and herpës = climber; (latim) candidus = white. ⇒ Black and white climber.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 10 years ago

Very interesting! Is that the normal color?

Aisse Gaertner
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Aisse Gaertner

Foz do Iguaçu, PR, Brazil

Spotted on Mar 2, 2014
Submitted on Mar 7, 2014

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