SPECIES

Ivory-billed Woodpecker Campephilus principalis Scientific name definitions

Jerome A. Jackson
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2002

Priorities for Future Research

Introduction

The priorities for future research with Ivory-billed Woodpeckers should include: (1) documenting any existing living birds and unobtrusively quantifying their interactions with the biotic and abiotic components of their ecosystem; (2) continuing efforts to identify and inventory existing specimens, including those associated with Native American artifacts; (3) maximizing efforts to link specimens with data; and (4) retrieving and archiving DNA for the species. Additional efforts should include use of molecular techniques to better understand relationships among Campephilus woodpeckers, especially between the Ivory-billed and Imperial woodpeckers, and between U.S. and Cuban populations of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker.

Recommended Citation

Jackson, J. A. (2020). Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.ivbwoo.01