Ivory-billed woodpecker

Ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis). This 50 centimeter long woodpecker is officially listed as "Endangered", although the last positive sighting was in Cuba in 1987. The reason is probably loss of habitat.

It preferred old forests and cypress swamps. It fed mainly on wood-boring insects, but also ate seeds, fruit and other insects.

See also

• Extinct birds

Links:

• [The Ivory-billed woodpecker in John James Audobon's Birds of America]