Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) - HBW 7, p. 534
French: Pic à bec ivoire
German: Elfenbeinspecht
Spanish: Picamaderos Picomarfil
Other common names: Northern Ivory-billed Woodpecker (principalis); Cuban Ivory-billed Woodpecker (bairdii)
Taxonomy: Picus principalis Linnaeus, 1758, South Carolina, USA.
Forms a superspecies with C. imperialis. Race bairdii considered possibly a separate species by some. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- principalis (Linnaeus, 1758) - SE USA (probably extinct).
- bairdii Cassin, 1863 - Cuba (probably extinct).
- Critically Endangered
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