#campephilus

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Robust Woodpecker (Campephilus robustus), L - male, R - female, family Picidae, order Piciformes, Brazil

photograph by Alessandro Abdela

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Week 1 of January #BirdArtWeekly hosted by @jdgoodhue_art / @migratorymay and featuring #BirdsOfMexico is the Imperial Woodpecker, a bird so elusive it might be extinct. It was one of the largest woodpecker species, and closely related to the the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker. It's genus #Campephilus contains 10 other large crested woodpecker species that still roam the Americas. 

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Robust Woodpecker (Campephilus robustus), L - male, R - female, family Picidae, order Piciformes, Brazil

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[2721/11080] Cream-backed woodpecker - Campephilus leucopogon

Order: Piciformes Suborder: Pici Family: Picidae (woodpeckers) Subfamily: Picinae (true woodpeckers)

Photo credit: Luis Piñeyrua via Macaulay Library

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Campephilus woodpecker

Which is the best bird?

Powerful woodpecker

Crimson-crested woodpecker

Guayaquil woodpecker

Splendid woodpecker

Red-necked woodpecker

Robust woodpecker

Magellanic woodpecker

Pale-billed woodpecker

Cream-backed woodpecker

Voting ended onJun 6, 2025

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in the delta sun, down in arkansas

ok so funny thing, the previous piece and this were initially the same but i had no idea why tf would the IBWO and the... dragon snake thingie together so i ended up making two illustrations out of one

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Ivory-Billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis). The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands (1754) - Mark Catesby

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Campephilus pollens by Juan José Arango