The Durango pine forests have been logged over numerous times since 1956. The forests of the Sierra Madre Occidental, just does not have stands massive enough for there to be dead and dying trees, which the woodpeckers require to survive. But I am not discounting the 2006 sightings, but when Martjan Lammertink of Cornell Lab went on expedition there in 2010, he found no evidence that they still existed.
Wow. Its sad that this bird is gone. There have been some credited sightings in mexico around 2006, but very few probably exist, if not completely extinct.
My Friend. The Imperial Woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis) is already extincted (50-60 cm) There are some others still alive like Campephilus guatemaliensis (almost 40 cm) and Campephilus principalis (48-53 cm)...
Awesome bird! I love the curved crest. Thank God it was filmed before its apparent extinction. The demise of the Imperial and the Ivory Bill are somber illustrations of mankind at his self-centered worst, doing whatever he wants to do without consideration to how his actions affect other life forms. I would be overjoyed if someday the Imperial & the Ivory Bill were positively rediscovered. What a thrill it would be to right past wrongs by bringing these 2 magnificent birds back from the brink!
It´s sad to realize about all natural beauties and wealth that Mexico has lost in the last century. As a mexican, I really love my country but I am not optimistic about the future of this land, former so called "the horn of the abundance".
I saw an Imperial yesterday afternoon...I had never heard of them and had NO IDEA that woodpeckers can get that big. This woodpecker was the size of a schnauzer and nearly broke a dead tree in half. I feel so humbled to have witnessed one of these birds alive after finding out how rare they are to see. The size of this things was unmistakable. Imperials are the only kind that can get as big as the one that I saw. Trust me, they are alive and in Northern Florida about 15 miles from the coast.
@PTV108 they are drumming as loud as they can to attract a mate, the louder the drum, female comes May you sit, quiet your mind chatter, listen to their drumming call. You sir mantis, drum with them, try as loud, drumming to thebeat, feel the rythm of the mating call. You sir mantis will see for yourself they will come towards you. carefully, or your energy that you put out if good intentions they may come to view you.if intentions give off bad chi, they will not allow you to view them
@Mantisman630 You are very wrong sir. Look carefully at the tip of the head. You sir need better glasses to to view on your computer. This is Very True to the core, that this Woodpecker is the Imperial Woodpecker. I am no Dr. from the Lab at Cornell. The Dr. at the Lab of Cornell should be credited and honored for getting what he got on footage. You really need a very sharp eye, and know detail of what you are looking at. This maybe sad, flip side she is still out there, she will find a mate.
@AStandsForFrench bon jour sir, Imperial Woodpecker has a crown crest that points foward when he/ she is moving that crest bounces. I bet that crest bounces to a dance to attract a female/male. white stripes extend from face down sides of mantle to back. Pileated Woodpeckers has a very red crown crest points to the back doesn't bounce. bold face with a lot of white markings down neck to almost breast bone. Males also have red mark on malar. the Pileated is in your area Georgia all yr au revoir
@Mantisman630 you are very much into insects, maybe not of the bird species. perhaps you don't know the difference in all types of birds species. mantis, females eat males after they mate. Would you perhaps enlighten me, to be able to tell the difference from a male/female mantis. I know the difference, how about worms below the ground. I had a very great chance to video record worms mating in the deep night. I do not post any of my work, too valuable. Mantisman you sir, get it right dude
@atheina75819 No, I know this is an imperial woodpecker! I was talking to someone else who "Claimed" he saw a woodpecker EXACTLY like this one in the states that person also said it was COMMON. I just told him that he mistook the pileated woodpecker for an ivory billed/ imperial woodpecker. Ivory bills are also near extinct if not already extinct, and lives in south eastern US. Imperials are in the same if not worse position in Mexico. You just misread what I posted!!!
Tragic. Even if a few were to still survive in that degraded environment, their future would appear grim indeed. Thank you for the hard work involved in sharing this footage
Saying "copyright 2011" at the end of the video makes it look like this is from 2011. Only by clicking through to the Cornell site was I able to tell that this was recorded in 1956.
The Durango pine forests have been logged over numerous times since 1956. The forests of the Sierra Madre Occidental, just does not have stands massive enough for there to be dead and dying trees, which the woodpeckers require to survive. But I am not discounting the 2006 sightings, but when Martjan Lammertink of Cornell Lab went on expedition there in 2010, he found no evidence that they still existed.
uphamtimothy 1 month ago
Pena que balança tanto que fiquei tonta!!!!
simonepuntel 1 month ago
que maravilha! *-*
0liveirac 2 months ago
Heartbreaking.
mkb56 2 months ago
Hold the camera steady!
mns000001 2 months ago
Poor beastie.
TheSanityInspector 3 months ago
Too bad that this bird is extinct now... But it's really great that it is filmed once! Very unique!
jandejong93 3 months ago
Wow. Its sad that this bird is gone. There have been some credited sightings in mexico around 2006, but very few probably exist, if not completely extinct.
timevans123 3 months ago
@timevans123
My Friend. The Imperial Woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis) is already extincted (50-60 cm) There are some others still alive like Campephilus guatemaliensis (almost 40 cm) and Campephilus principalis (48-53 cm)...
JSSierraCamarena 1 month ago
I feel so bad watching this video.
gurocker 3 months ago
Awesome bird! I love the curved crest. Thank God it was filmed before its apparent extinction. The demise of the Imperial and the Ivory Bill are somber illustrations of mankind at his self-centered worst, doing whatever he wants to do without consideration to how his actions affect other life forms. I would be overjoyed if someday the Imperial & the Ivory Bill were positively rediscovered. What a thrill it would be to right past wrongs by bringing these 2 magnificent birds back from the brink!
BRealBTru 3 months ago
This is truly amazing foogage, why was it withheld from the public for so long? notice how the bird pulls its wings in and glides during flight.
1jimbones 3 months ago
It´s sad to realize about all natural beauties and wealth that Mexico has lost in the last century. As a mexican, I really love my country but I am not optimistic about the future of this land, former so called "the horn of the abundance".
Vivan las aves!!!
mocosojr 3 months ago
I saw an Imperial yesterday afternoon...I had never heard of them and had NO IDEA that woodpeckers can get that big. This woodpecker was the size of a schnauzer and nearly broke a dead tree in half. I feel so humbled to have witnessed one of these birds alive after finding out how rare they are to see. The size of this things was unmistakable. Imperials are the only kind that can get as big as the one that I saw. Trust me, they are alive and in Northern Florida about 15 miles from the coast.
cristanka1985 3 months ago
I thought this was going to have something to do with star wars!
pcrepairs247 3 months ago
One incredible bird there. This makes me glad to support the Cornell Lab of Ornithology! :)
NewHopeNashFan 3 months ago
you don't suppose it has something to do with 7 billion people on the earth. Big cats are on their way out too for the same reason.
parkers7700 3 months ago
I SAW ONE SIMILAR IN NORTH CALIFORNIA HUGE
abadonisec 3 months ago
@atheina75819 - Give it up. You sound retarded.
greazergal 3 months ago
Too bad he didn't have a longer lens to get a closer look at them. Very odd to watch something that doesn't exist anymore.
ZekeMahogany 3 months ago
F*cking civilization....
medis1 3 months ago
another depressing thing i cant understand thing like video quality, it's almost perfect , mind that they say it was filmed in 1956 wtf?
MrKlemensas 3 months ago
I am indescribably sad that this magnificent bird is basically gone. I'm glad I got to see it here.
AhhhTube 3 months ago
Terribly sad.
evolving66 3 months ago
Heartbreaking how the last shot we see is of the bird flying away.
wugza 3 months ago 3
I see these in South Georgia all the time...look up Fargo Georgia then drive east on 177 to Billy's Lake in the Okefenokee
PTV108 3 months ago
@PTV108 those are pileated woodpeckers you are seeing, not imperial or ivory billed woodpeckers, get it right dude.
Mantisman630 3 months ago
@Mantisman630 Well I know we have some big ass Woodpeckers, they sound like a 300Ibs air hammer
PTV108 3 months ago
@PTV108 they are drumming as loud as they can to attract a mate, the louder the drum, female comes May you sit, quiet your mind chatter, listen to their drumming call. You sir mantis, drum with them, try as loud, drumming to thebeat, feel the rythm of the mating call. You sir mantis will see for yourself they will come towards you. carefully, or your energy that you put out if good intentions they may come to view you.if intentions give off bad chi, they will not allow you to view them
atheina75819 3 months ago
@Mantisman630 You are very wrong sir. Look carefully at the tip of the head. You sir need better glasses to to view on your computer. This is Very True to the core, that this Woodpecker is the Imperial Woodpecker. I am no Dr. from the Lab at Cornell. The Dr. at the Lab of Cornell should be credited and honored for getting what he got on footage. You really need a very sharp eye, and know detail of what you are looking at. This maybe sad, flip side she is still out there, she will find a mate.
atheina75819 3 months ago
@atheina75819 You are too elegant to be posting in youtube comments.
AStandsForFrench 3 months ago
@AStandsForFrench bon jour sir, Imperial Woodpecker has a crown crest that points foward when he/ she is moving that crest bounces. I bet that crest bounces to a dance to attract a female/male. white stripes extend from face down sides of mantle to back. Pileated Woodpeckers has a very red crown crest points to the back doesn't bounce. bold face with a lot of white markings down neck to almost breast bone. Males also have red mark on malar. the Pileated is in your area Georgia all yr au revoir
atheina75819 3 months ago
@Mantisman630 you are very much into insects, maybe not of the bird species. perhaps you don't know the difference in all types of birds species. mantis, females eat males after they mate. Would you perhaps enlighten me, to be able to tell the difference from a male/female mantis. I know the difference, how about worms below the ground. I had a very great chance to video record worms mating in the deep night. I do not post any of my work, too valuable. Mantisman you sir, get it right dude
atheina75819 3 months ago
@atheina75819 No, I know this is an imperial woodpecker! I was talking to someone else who "Claimed" he saw a woodpecker EXACTLY like this one in the states that person also said it was COMMON. I just told him that he mistook the pileated woodpecker for an ivory billed/ imperial woodpecker. Ivory bills are also near extinct if not already extinct, and lives in south eastern US. Imperials are in the same if not worse position in Mexico. You just misread what I posted!!!
Mantisman630 3 months ago
Fantastic !!! At 0:47, notice the huge, curved crest. Would that be the male or female?
6400az 3 months ago
In the next 100 years 5 million species will go extinct.
skaterbill06 3 months ago
What have we done :<
XestaStudios 3 months ago
This one hurts. How stupid can we be?
L188188 3 months ago
Another stark reminder of man's impact on the world.
phantaztix 3 months ago 18
Incredible and so heartbreaking.
MArthur13579 3 months ago 3
So sad to think this bird is probably gone forever.
cufflink44 3 months ago 4
It's depressing that this is the only video we have of this bird.
whatisahumans 3 months ago 21
@whatisahumans i saw one of these in conroe texas when i was a boy in 1962.
comalopardulos 2 months ago
Wow! Thank you - a huge thank you to ALL who made this clip available.
mwd4hope 4 months ago
Tragic. Even if a few were to still survive in that degraded environment, their future would appear grim indeed. Thank you for the hard work involved in sharing this footage
deepdiver7997 4 months ago 3
Wow!! Fantastic bird. If only we could again see and film them.
MisterDaniel13 4 months ago 3
You could run that video through the YouTube editor to take out the image instability.
edbett 4 months ago
Saying "copyright 2011" at the end of the video makes it look like this is from 2011. Only by clicking through to the Cornell site was I able to tell that this was recorded in 1956.
tsirtalis 4 months ago 2
@tsirtalis Thanks, we added text "Filmed in 1956" to caption.
bmclock 4 months ago