The ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) is a woodpecker native to the Southern United States and Cuba. [a] Habitat destruction and hunting have reduced populations so severely that the last universally accepted sighting in the United States was in 1944, and the last universally accepted sighting in Cuba was in 1987. [3][4][5][6]

The largest of the woodpeckers north of Mexico and the third largest in the world, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker was a bird of old-growth forests in the southeastern U.S. and Cuba.

The impressive Ivory-billed Woodpecker, with its ringing calls and shiny blue-black plumage, was one of the most charismatic birds of untouched bottomlands.

The Ivory-billed Woodpecker is noted for its striking black-and-white plumage; robust white, chisel-tipped bill; lemon-yellow eye; and pointed crest. Males are red from the nape to the top of their crest with black outlining the front of the crest.

Ivory-billed Woodpeckers fed on large trees and fallen logs, stripping away bark to search for large beetle larvae. They flew between trees with graceful swoops, but when moving larger distances they flapped steadily, creating a level flight path.

<p>The largest of the woodpeckers north of Mexico and the third largest in the world, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker was a bird of old-growth forests in the southeastern U.S. and Cuba.

Mar 8, 2025 · Ivory-billed woodpecker, (Campephilus principalis), 45-cm (18-inch) black-and-white bird with a flaring crest (red in the male) and a long whitish bill. It belongs to the family Picidae (order Piciformes). The species was thought to be extinct, though there were unconfirmed sightings of the bird in.

Descending the Ohio, we meet with this splendid bird for the first time near the confluence of that beautiful river and the Mississippi; after which, following the windings of the latter, either downwards toward the sea, or upwards in the direction of the Missouri, we frequently observe it.

Ivory-billed woodpeckers use their enormous white bill (not really made of ivory, but bone) to strip bark from dead but standing trees, and to access the beetle larvae that make up their...

Ivory-billed Woodpeckers are large crow-sized birds with trim bodies, relatively long necks, and long tails. They measure about 18 to 20 inches from head to tail with an over two-foot …