Crimson-mantled Woodpecker (Piculus rivolii), Meriania sp.

The crimson-mantled woodpecker now classified as Colaptes rivolii, is a bird species in the woodpecker family.
It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat .. Read more »is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Meriania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. There are about 93 species distributed from Mexico to Brazil and the Antilles.
Plants of this genus are woody shrubs or trees with large flowers and capsules.

Country:	Colombia
Type:	Postage stamps
Series:	Birds (1977)
Nominal:	5 $
Year:	1977
Size:	30 x 40 mm
Perforation:	comb 14
Mintage:	2,000,000