Female ivory-billed woodpecker

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Campephilus principalis (Linnaeus, 1758), female

This species was originally found in bottomland hardwood in the U.S.A. and in Cuba, where it also resided in montane (pine, mixed and broadleaf) forests. Historic accounts indicate that it has a very large home range and occurs naturally at low densities, suggesting that large contiguous tracts of mature woodland would be required to support a viable population (Jackson 2002). The last confirmed North American record of this species was in north-eastern Louisiana in 1944. Claims for this species’s persistence in USA have emerged since 2004 although the evidence remains highly controversial. (Source: IUCN)

Declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on September 29, 2021.

Scanner: Artec Spider

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