Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker

bird
Also known as: Campephilus principalis bairdii

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  • ivory-billed woodpeckers
    In ivory-billed woodpecker

    A subspecies, the Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis bairdii), was last officially sighted in the late 1980s and is believed to be extinct. A related species, the imperial woodpecker (C. imperialis) of Mexico, is the largest woodpecker in the world. It is critically endangered and possibly extinct. All…

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  • black woodpecker
    In woodpecker

    A subspecies, the Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker (C. principalis bairdii), is thought to be extinct, and a related species, the imperial woodpecker (C. imperialis) of Mexico, is critically endangered and possibly extinct.

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