Imperial Woodpecker

IMPERIAL WOODPECKER.
[Imperial Woodpecker.]
PICUS IMPERIALIS, Gould.
[Campephilus imperialis.] ...

Imperial woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis)
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Imperial Woodpecker, Campephilus imperialis (Mexico, late 20th century)
This 60-centimeter-long woodpecker is officially listed as critically endangered, possibly extinct. Occasional unconfirmed reports come up, the most recent in late 2005.

The Ivory-billed Woodpecker is very similar to the larger and very closely related Imperial Woodpecker of Mexico. The Imperial Woodpecker, the largest woodpecker in the world, lacked the white neck stripes and had a longer, thinner crest.

In the Western Hemisphere, only Mexico's Imperial Woodpecker surpasses it in size. Males have a red crest; females have a black head and crest.

The largest species, the imperial woodpecker of Mexico, is about 22 inches long. It has been listed under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services' Endangered Species Act since 1970 and may be extinct.

(Only the possibly extinct Ivory-billed Woodpecker in the southeastern United States and Cuba and the Imperial Woodpecker of western Mexico are larger.) It has a black body, a red crest, ...

Two species of woodpeckers, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker and the Imperial Woodpecker, have been considered extinct for about 30 years (there has been some controversy recently whether these species still exist).

Two of the more than 200 woodpecker species are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The Red-cockaded and Imperial woodpecker are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.

See also: Woodpecker, Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Drum, Beetle, Goose