Don’t Get Too Excited About Purported Videos of This Extinct Woodpecker
The ivory - charge woodpecker ( Campephilus principalis ) was a twenty - inch - long pecker aboriginal to the American southeast that has been presumed extinct since the mid-20th C . But last month , a grouping of researchers announced grounds of “ probable ivory - billed woodpeckers ” that they recorded in Louisiana . Their findings , publishedin Ecology and Evolution , admit detailed analysis of ( typically blurry ) TV footage the team captured of birds flying through the southern swamp and adhere to tree , as well as audio footage which the team argues register the bird ’s unique double - knocks and kent call ....