Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker
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The Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis bairdii) is a subspecies of the ivory-billed woodpecker, a large black-and-white bird with a distinctive crest and long bill. This bird was historically found in Cuba and the southern United States. The species' decline is linked to the logging of virgin forests, its primary habitat where it fed on insects from deadwood. The Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker was last officially seen in the late 1980s and is now believed to be extinct. A related species, the imperial woodpecker of Mexico, is critically endangered and possibly extinct.12
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ivory-billed woodpeckerA 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…
Read MoreA 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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woodpeckerA 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.
Read MoreA 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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