pseudo-colaptes

Updated: May 22, 2025

In Auto-malus the tail is bright satiny rufous; in Pseudo-colaptes the entire under surface is rufous of a peculiar vivid tint, verging on orange or red; in Magarornis the bosom is black, and beautifully ornamented with small leaf-shaped spots of a delicate straw-colour.

W. H. (William Henry) Hudson - The Naturalist in La Plata