Ivory-billed Woodpeckers & Others in the Campephilus Genus

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About Ivory-billed Woodpeckers & Others in the Campephilus Genus

This site is dedicated in tribute to the remarkable, large woodpeckers within the genus Campephilus. I find these birds to be fantastic, splendid and highly unusual. Here's a place where we can collect as many of them together as possible!

Blog
Be sure to see the related blog devoted to Campephilus Woodpeckers here.

The 11 Species* of Campephilus Woodpeckers
Cream-backed Woodpecker (Campephilus leucopogon)
Crimson-bellied Woodpecker (Campephilus heamatogaster)
Crimson-crested Woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos)
Cuban Ivory-billed Woodpecker* (Campephilus principalis bairdii)
Guayaquil Woodpecker (Campephilus gayaquilensis)
Imperial Woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis)
Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis)
Magellanic Woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus)
Pale-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis)
Powerful Woodpecker (Campephilus pollens)
Red-necked Woodpecker (Campephilus rubricollis)
Robust Woodpecker (Campephilus robustus)

Each species is represented in the photo montage below this note, alphabetical by species, starting top left to right, and then bottom left to right. *Some scientists consider the Cuban Ivory-billed as a separate species from the US Ivory-billed.

I created this montage using photos shared with this group by Flickr members. Please note, you should assume that ALL COPYRIGHT RIGHTS ARE RESERVED by the original owners of these photos! Please refer to the individual photos in this group for specific ownership information for each photo. In the event you own a photo in this montage and want it removed, please contact me via Flickrmail, and I will fulfill your removal request as soon as possible.

Campephilus means "lover of grubs" because these birds eat larvae of wood-boring beetles. See Wikipedia's entry on these birds here for more information.

Videos
There are several Campephilus videos available on The Internet Bird Collection. Note, that you will need to select search for specific scientific name & genus & use "campephilus" as your key word.

Bird Songs
Many Campephilus songs and sounds can be found in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Macaulay Library. Be sure to search for "campehilus." Another excellent resource for many more sound files is the xeno-canto America, Bird Songs from the Americas site.

Article
And here's a link to a very interesting article about "the relationships among...ivory-billed woodpeckers...and other woodpeckers classified in the same genus, Campephilus."

http://cwoodpeckers.blogspot.com/