Is It Extinct? - Ivory-Billed Woodpecker

How do you tell an Ivory-Billed Woodpecker from a Pilliated Woodpecker? There are several distinct differences as this video shows. The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker was thought to be extinct, but may have been re-discovered as discussed in the video.

The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker is the one on the right and the Pilliated is the one on the left. (This Ivory-Billed Woodpecker specimen was taken in Florida.)

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News & Politics

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• Ivory-Billed
• Woodpecker
• Pilliated
• Extinct
• Rediscovery
• rare
• DNA
• sighting
• endangered

[NobodyFamous2008]

Hello i was driving in Aitkin county near the mississippi riverbottoms when i looked ahead on the road to see what i thought was a dead skunk with a crow next to it. as we got closer the bird got up and flew it had a crest with no red ,white on body and wings, and dipped in flight once before it went into the woods, today i looked it up on the internet and the only bird it resembles is the female ivorybill, but minn. is not in its range1

[IrenaScott]

Keep a camera handy.

[shinseimori]

It's a crying shame that these birds, are likely extinct due to the greed & callousness of mass logging & land developers. If those types of people STOPPED cutting down trees by the thousands & stop over-developing land...then animals won't be going extinct. They need their space more than us. It's ironic that when a species is here, most barely care...when they're extinct, all of a sudden everyone cares. Pathetic.

[drudger6666]

museum collecting have NEVER wiped out a bird species. Do some research before you make stupid statements Bungeewungee..whatever.

[redddbaron]

Ironically I have seen pileated woodpeckers hundreds of times, I used to see them a lot as a kid every day before they got rare. Even a nest in our yard. Multiple ones every day. So I know real well what they look like.

Few years back I saw a strange "pileated" with a large light bill (could have been optical illusion on the bill, couldn't see that long) in Florida. It also flew much faster than any pileated I ever saw. Like TWICE as fast. Always wondered if that might have been an Ivory bill.

[TheBarkJuice]

Here in Tennessee, the woodpecker population is slowly decreasing

[HiAznHello]

cant we clone them?

[123123amani]

Did see the Ivory-billed in Florida,but like all of us the camera was not handy. Stays in my yard in early spring and early in the morning. if you need more info you can contact me at bpantke@cfl.rr.com

[kingoflimbs1]

logically speaking, if you're even aware of Ivory-billeds and their plight/possible existence, you should know enough about woodpeckers and birds in general to tell the difference between a Pileated and an Ivory-billed. Just sayin' - waaay too many people get them confused. It's ignorance.

[elreichda]

@shinseimori 99.99% of all species that have ever existed are extinct. Think about that for a minute, then sack up. Realize too that we're a temporary and, yes, destructive apex animal. Our time will also come.

[polytelismedia]

Not extinct

[90enemies]

Ivory-billed Woodpecker is not extinct it is CR or ( CRITICALLY ENDANGERED )well , possibly extinct

[dltanner99]

Cryptozoology novel about two boys who find something strange on the beach one night see video book trailer