ivorybill

• Großer schwarz-weißer Specht mit elfenbeinfarbenem Schnabel, der im Süden der USA und auf Kuba lebte und heute als nahezu ausgestorben gilt.

A large black-and-white woodpecker native to the southern United States and Cuba, characterized by its ivory-colored bill, and now considered nearly extinct.

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   A large black-and-white woodpecker native to the southern United States and Cuba, characterized by its ivory-colored bill; now critically endangered or possibly extinct.

   Großer Specht

   • The ivorybill was once found in the swamps of the American South.
   • Ornithologists have searched for the ivorybill for decades without confirmed sightings.
   • The ivorybill's distinctive bill was used to hammer into tree bark for insects.

   Synonymeivory-billed woodpecker