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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[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.

[Michael Abbott]

Define"over developing" land. Deforestation does contribute to losing some species, but you cant with any scientific credibility say if logging was stopped animals wouldnt go extinct. Animals go extinct even in perfect habitat, for several natural reasons-ie: competetion by other species, natural and man made climate change, a narrow habitat or fedding niche,ect. I woudnt say they "need thier space more than us"..expanding populations require living space. Does your home have wood components?

[Nathan Burton]

how do you know a Pileated couldn't make a hole that big?

[NEABOY0]

The ivory billed woodpecker is not extinct...I live in northeast Arkansas near the banks of the St Francis river. One day on a hunting trip, me and a friend of mine found a tree with a huge hole in it, about 9 inches in diameter. Only the ivory billed woodpecker could've bored a hole that big. Although we didn't See the bird, we did hear a couple of kent calls throughout the day. Naysayers can say What they want, but this bird is alive and Well in the state of Arkansas.

[carpenter33pd]

What, are they supposed to like the mythical jackalopes of birds?

[Joy Herrick]

I am NOT lying I saw this 2 Ivory Billed woodpeckers 1 day in FL. I was walking home from a bus stop and saw 2 of these birds on the sidewalk picking worms. It was in pine hills,orlando,FL. I can show you the exact stop. I know exactly they were Ivory Billed woodpeckers. there were 2 so they were mates.

[joshlumpkin27]

My dad is 73, and the old timers call the wood pecker on the left a wood ginny or a lord god...see um all the time on white oak creek here in east tx..Lord God what a bird... Thats the old east texan saying....aw shaw, seen a couple of wood ginnys late this eavnin

And boy did they make a racket..

[Casino202Achilleus]

SHIT AM GOING TO THE MOUNTAINS OF MEXICO TO LOOK FOR THE IMPERIAL WOOD PECKER IT REALLY STILL ALIVE !!!!!!!!

[hondatrx100]

i have found a nest of the ivory bill i will b uploading a video of them n the next fee days

[TEABERRYEAGLE]

Here's someone that would be very interested if these birds are sighted..you can "Google" the website to determine how to contact them......

"THE CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY"

[truckingnubatuba]

Ivory-billed Woodpecker fly a lot like ducks. And ducks fly faster than pileated woodpeckers. And seeing as this happened in Florida, where there have been reports and where it was abundant before European settlement, it might have been an Ivory-bill. If you have any more information or more sightings, please let me know. It would love to investigate.