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[Leanne Riding]

Speculation only, on my part - "Pil Latet", as far as I know, has not
been used as a nickname for this woodpecker.

I did a little checking just now and the latin name is credited to
Linnaeus, 1758. It's French name is "Le Grand Pic".

On Saturday, March 13, 2004, at 07:15 , Scott E Tyler wrote:

> Pil Latet could be a nice neo-jargonizaton of a Latin word and is
> descriptive of the red headed wood pecker.
> Scott
>
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