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![]() Colorized digital image of ivory-billed woodpecker at nest. Image © Arthur A. Allen/Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ivory-Billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis)Description: Ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) is the world's second largest woodpecker. The ivory-billed woodpecker has a red crest, black and white body, and an ivory colored bill. Classification:
New to animal classification? Find out more about how scientists classify animals. Habitat: Formerly, populations extended throughout the southeastern United States but logging and forest Diet: Primarily insects, occasionally fruit and nuts. To capture insects, the ivory billed woodpecker strips away bark from recently dead, upright trees. Status: Endangered. Previously thought to have been extinct but recently sighted in the Big Woods area of Arkansas. References:
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