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Woodpeckers and Toucans
Woodpeckers are a group of birds that includes woodpeckers, toucans, barbets, honeyguides, wrynecks, and piculets. There are about 380 species of woodpeckers alive today. The articles listed below provide information about the characteristics, classification and evolution of woodpeckers.
The Search for the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
On the afternoon of February 11, 2004, a lone kayaker paddling the bayous of the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas, spotted something remarkable. The kayaker, naturalist Gene Sparling, caught a glimpse of a large, red-crested woodpecker flying towards him.
Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
Ivory-billed woodpecker is the world's second largest woodpecker. The ivory-billed woodpecker has a red crest, black and white body, and an ivory colored bill.
Woodpecker Defies Extinction, Found in Arkansas
The ivory-billed woodpecker has been rediscovered in the Big Woods area of Arkansas, scientists announced late last week.