What does the ivory billed woodpecker look like?

Answer 1

Size and Colour:

• approx. 20 inches in length and 30 inches in wingspan

• It's body is a shiny blue-black with white markings on its neck/back and extensive white on the trailing edge of both the upper and under wings

• The crest of the adult male is black on the front edge and red on the sides/back, while on juveniles and adult females it's just black

• The adults beak is ivory in colour while the juveniles is a chalky white.

• The juveniles look similar to the adult, but they have a shorter crest, browner plumage, and brown eyes.

• weighs approx. 20 ounces (570 grams)

Habitat:

• Found usually in the southeastern part of the United States

• Prefer to live in hardwood swamps and pine forests. (with large amounts of decaying and/or dead trees)

Diet:

• Mainly eats the larvae of wood-boring beetles

• Also eats other insects, seeds and fruit.

Breeding:

• Thought to have one partner for life

• Breed every year between January and May

• Before the have their young, they will make a nest in a dead or nearly dead tree about 8-15m above the ground

• They usually lay about 2-5 eggs and incubate them for 3-5 weeks

• Both parents take turns caring for the chicks, but at night the male has full responsibility

• The chicks learn to fly about 5 weeks after they are born. Even then the parents still feed them

• Family eventually splits up in late fall/early winter

Other Facts:

• Scientific name: Campephilus principalis

• The ivory billed woodpecker is the largest of the woodpeckers north of Mexico and is the third largest in the world.

• During the 1800s, destruction of its habitat caused a terrible population decline.

• In the middle of the 20th century this bird was thought to have gone extinct until it was rediscovered in 2005 in the "Big Woods" of eastern Arkansas. Since then it has been proven difficult to relocate.

Answer 2

one of the largest woodpeckers in the world about 20 inches in length.

Shiny blue-black with white markings on its neck and back and white on the edge of both the upper- and underwing. In adults, the bill is ivory in color, white in juveniles have a crest, In males, the crest is black along its edge, changing red on the side and rear.

Answer 3

A large, crow sized woodpecker with a slightly recurved crest, mainly black with white on the trailing wing edges, appearing as a white shield on the lower back when the wings are folded. Males have a red crest, females black. Two white lines running from the back to the bird's neck.

Answer 4

considering it is called an ivory BILLED woodpecker, I would assume so. Also, what would it peck wood with? And next time, just go to Google images and look instead of wasting someone's time.

Answer 5

largest woodpecker in u.s..black and white bird,male has red crest.once thought to be extinct,recently discovered in Arkansas and Florida.also reports from the carolinas and Louisiana.

Answer 6

Mainly loss of habitat, as southern swamps were cut following the Civil War. Hopefully, there are still a few out there, as video evidence suggests.

Answer 7

The scientific name of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker is; Campephilus principalis.

Answer 8

The ivory billed woodpecker are gay woodpecker