Handbook of the Birds of the World by Lynx Edicions

The Internet Bird Collection is a non-profit endeavor sponsored by the Handbook of the Birds of the World, whose publishers happened to select the Magellanic Woodpecker, the largest woodpecker in South America, to represent the entire Picidae family on the cover of Volume 7.

http://www.lynxeds.com/hbw/handbook-birds-world-v7

Some people were not quite as thrilled with that selection as I was.   In an overwhelmingly positive review of the book, Geoffrey Carpentier had this to say about the cover:

With a book of this nature, one has to try very hard before finding fault. My only quibble:

I didn't like the picture of the Magellanic Woodpecker on the cover. It seems

an ungainly bird and a prettier one could have been chosen. 

Oh well!