Ivory-Billed+Woodpecker

Chris Towey
 * Ivory-Billed woodpecker
 * Campephilus principalis[[image:http://www.birdinginarkansas.com/images/int/apt_wildlife_photo_ivory3.jpg align="right"]]
 * No known nicknames

The Ivory-billed woodpecker is a bird. This woodpecker has an overall length of approximately 48-51 cm, estimated wingspan of 76-80 cm, and weighs about 454-567 g. __Feeding Habits:__ __Favorite Foods:__ Ivory-billed woodpeckers lay eggs, usually 1-5 eggs per nesting.
 * fed by a parent for 35 days of their childhood.
 * obtain its food by stripping bark from recently dead or dying tree trunks and branches and by excavating rotted wood.
 * Large beetle larvae
 * Long-horned beetle
 * Nuts (pecans and acorn)
 * Fruits (hackberry, persimmon, wild grape, poison ivy and possibly swamp tupelo.)

The Ivory-billed woodpecker have been located in Arkansas, Florida, and Louisana. The historic range and current range were unknown. The woodpecker nests in dead or dying portion of a live tree, although in some cases a dead tree may be used. The woodpecker is not migratory but can become nomadic due to fluctuating/ undependable food supplies. The woodpecker lives above ground and does not hibernate. There are no known predators or interspecies to the Ivory-billed woodpecker.

The reason the woodpecker is endangered is the lack of food supplies for the bird. The birds also require alot of forest land to survive.

The step that was taken to protect the Ivory-billed woodpecker have been bans on hunting the bird, marked off land for the birds to live in uninterrupted. The woodpecker has protected land of which the bird can live freely without being hunted. There is no record of moving the birds to safer locations or breeding. There are no known organizations for the bird, however there are many T-shirts that support the birds.

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