Description'Colaptes mexicanus' by Edward Hargitt, 1889.jpg
English: Painting of the woodpecker Colaptes mexicanus by Edward Hargitt, 1889. The species is now called the northern flicker (Colaptes auratus). Hargitt prepared the illustration as one of 1386 plates for a 3145 page monograph covering all the woodpeckers. The manuscript is held by the State Darwin Museum in Russia.
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Painting of the woodpecker ''Colaptes mexicanus'' by Edward Hargitt, 1889
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