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Definition of Melanerpes formicivorus

Melanerpes formicivorus
Carpintero Car`pin*te"ro (k[add]r`p[-e]n*t[asl]"r[-o]), n. [Sp., a carpenter, a woodpecker.] A california woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larv[ae], which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird.

Meaning of Melanerpes formicivorus from wikipedia

- The acorn wood**** (Melanerpes formicivorus) is a medium-sized wood****, 21 cm (8.3 in) long, with an average weight of 85 g (3.0 oz). The acorn wood****...
- genus Melanerpes was introduced by the English ornithologist William John Swainson in 1832 to accommodate the red-headed wood**** (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)...
- Red-headed wood****, Melanerpes erythrocephalus Acorn wood****, Melanerpes formicivorus (A) Golden-fronted wood****, Melanerpes aurifrons (A) Red-bellied...
- tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks. Acorn wood****, Melanerpes formicivorus LC American three-toed wood****, Picoides dorsalis LC Antillean...
- oaks, Engelmann oaks, giant Jeffrey pines, Acorn Wood****s (Melanerpes formicivorus), hawks and turkey vultures. Dogs are not allowed off leash. Big...
- care. This has been observed in avians like acorn wood****s (Melanerpes formicivorus), and fishes as the cichlid fish (Julidochromis transcriptus)....
- ultramarina, Steller's jay Cyanocitta stelleri, acorn wood**** Melanerpes formicivorus, canyon towhee Pipilo fuscus, mourning dove Zenaida macroura, broad-billed...
- (Bufo boreas) Woodhouse's toad (Bufo woodhousii) Acorn wood**** (Melanerpes formicivorus) Abert's towhee (Pipilo aberti) American avocet (Recurvirostra...
- Lewis's wood****, Melanerpes lewis LC Red-headed wood****, Melanerpes erythrocephalus LC Acorn wood****, Melanerpes formicivorus (A) LC Red-bellied...
- Lewis's wood****, Melanerpes lewis (A) Red-headed wood****, Melanerpes erythrocephalus (A) Acorn wood****, Melanerpes formicivorus (A) Red-bellied wood****...