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    genus Melanerpes was introduced by the English ornithologist William John Swainson in 1832 to accommodate the red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)...
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    The West Indian woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in the Bahamas...
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    Woodpeckers and related birds Grand Bahama West Indian woodpecker, Melanerpes superciliaris bahamensis (Grand Bahama, Bahamas, 1950s) A subspecies of the West...
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    Melanerpes superciliaris (A) Lewis's woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis (A) Red-headed woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus Acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus...
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    prehistoric subspecies of extant species Melanerpes superciliaris ssp. (Little Exuma, Bahamas) Melanerpes superciliaris ssp. (New Providence, Bahamas) Placement...
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    (Epicrates sp.), and birds, such as the West Indian woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris), Bahama woodstar (Calliphlox evelynae), Bahama yellowthroat (Geothlypis...
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    intruders in their nests, which is usually the West Indian woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris). Similarly to all other woodpeckers, its flight is undulating...
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    White woodpecker Melanerpes candidus (Otto, 1796) 34 Lewis's woodpecker Melanerpes lewis (Gray, GR, 1849) 35 Guadeloupe woodpecker Melanerpes herminieri (Lesson...
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    flying insects. Bahama swallows nest in old West Indian woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris) holes in Caribbean pine (Pinus caribaea var. bahamensis), using...
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    prefers to use nest holes started by West Indian woodpeckers (Melanerpes superciliaris); the flicker drives off the original owners, finishes off the...
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