A new record of Lewis’s Woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis (Gray, 1849) (Aves, Picidae) from Chihuahua, with comments on its status in Mexico

We present a new record of Lewis’s Woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis (Gray, 1849), a rare winter visitor to northern Mexico, in a riparian-grassland corridor at La Regina, Buenaventura Municipality, Chihuahua, on 11–12 January 2014. The record represents the fourth record of this species in the state, an...

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Main Authors: Adrián Torres-Vivanco, Cuauhcihuatl Vital-García, Israel Moreno-Contreras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2015-11-01
Series:Check List
Online Access:https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/19394/download/pdf/
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spelling doaj-404f243c5c364080bfc8dd5e3a1b27ba2021-05-21T15:24:24ZengPensoft PublishersCheck List1809-127X2015-11-011161410.15560/11.6.179219394A new record of Lewis’s Woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis (Gray, 1849) (Aves, Picidae) from Chihuahua, with comments on its status in MexicoAdrián Torres-Vivanco0Cuauhcihuatl Vital-García1Israel Moreno-Contreras2Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad JuárezUniversidad Autónoma de Ciudad JuárezUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoWe present a new record of Lewis’s Woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis (Gray, 1849), a rare winter visitor to northern Mexico, in a riparian-grassland corridor at La Regina, Buenaventura Municipality, Chihuahua, on 11–12 January 2014. The record represents the fourth record of this species in the state, and the first record for both the northern portion of the Chihuahua region and the Mexican ecoregion level IV “Foothills and Plains with grasslands, xerophytic scrub and conifer oak forests”. We also comment on its current status and distribution in Mexico.https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/19394/download/pdf/
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Cuauhcihuatl Vital-García
Israel Moreno-Contreras
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Cuauhcihuatl Vital-García
Israel Moreno-Contreras
A new record of Lewis’s Woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis (Gray, 1849) (Aves, Picidae) from Chihuahua, with comments on its status in Mexico
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author_facet Adrián Torres-Vivanco
Cuauhcihuatl Vital-García
Israel Moreno-Contreras
author_sort Adrián Torres-Vivanco
title A new record of Lewis’s Woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis (Gray, 1849) (Aves, Picidae) from Chihuahua, with comments on its status in Mexico
title_short A new record of Lewis’s Woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis (Gray, 1849) (Aves, Picidae) from Chihuahua, with comments on its status in Mexico
title_full A new record of Lewis’s Woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis (Gray, 1849) (Aves, Picidae) from Chihuahua, with comments on its status in Mexico
title_fullStr A new record of Lewis’s Woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis (Gray, 1849) (Aves, Picidae) from Chihuahua, with comments on its status in Mexico
title_full_unstemmed A new record of Lewis’s Woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis (Gray, 1849) (Aves, Picidae) from Chihuahua, with comments on its status in Mexico
title_sort new record of lewis’s woodpecker, melanerpes lewis (gray, 1849) (aves, picidae) from chihuahua, with comments on its status in mexico
publisher Pensoft Publishers
series Check List
issn 1809-127X
publishDate 2015-11-01
description We present a new record of Lewis’s Woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis (Gray, 1849), a rare winter visitor to northern Mexico, in a riparian-grassland corridor at La Regina, Buenaventura Municipality, Chihuahua, on 11–12 January 2014. The record represents the fourth record of this species in the state, and the first record for both the northern portion of the Chihuahua region and the Mexican ecoregion level IV “Foothills and Plains with grasslands, xerophytic scrub and conifer oak forests”. We also comment on its current status and distribution in Mexico.
url https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/19394/download/pdf/
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