ivorybill

• Pájaro carpintero grande de plumaje blanco y negro, que habita en el sur de Estados Unidos y Cuba, caracterizado por su pico color marfil; se considera prácticamente extinto.

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.

1. Large woodpeckerC2formal

   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.

   Pájaro carpintero pico de marfil

   • 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.

   Sinónimosivory-billed woodpecker