tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39378102026196021612024-03-12T20:46:48.795-04:00Campephilus WoodpeckersCampephilus Woodpeckers is devoted to the remarkable genus of large woodpeckers in the Americas namely the Cream-backed Woodpecker, Crimson-bellied Woodpecker, Crimson-crested Woodpecker, Guayaquil Woodpecker, Imperial Woodpecker, Ivory-billed Woodpecker Woodpecker, Magellanic Woodpecker, Pale-billed Woodpecker, Powerful Woodpecker, Red-necked Woodpecker, and Robust Woodpecker. Large birds of North America, Cuba, Mexico, Central American and South America.Bill Benishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006394626709197388noreply@blogger.comBlogger213125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937810202619602161.post-73570656598776221702015-10-07T00:58:00.001-04:002015-10-07T01:06:36.148-04:00Ivory-billed Woodpeckers by Joseph Bartholomew Kidd After John James Audubon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Recently, I decided to try and find a portrait of <b><span style="color: #93c47d;">Ivory-billed Woodpeckers</span></b> by <span style="color: #ffd966;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_James_Audubon" target="_blank">John James Audubon</a> </span>that I recalled seeing on display in one of the exhibit halls at <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/" target="_blank">the Metropolitan Museum of Art</a> in New York City a long time ago. I had no luck finding it again at the museum during periodic visits. However, it turned out that it was easy to locate the portrait online. When I did so, I learned that this curiosity was actually an oil on canvas creation painted by <a href="http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/kidd_joseph_bartholomew.html" target="_blank">Joseph Bartholomew Kidd</a> around the year 1830 that was fashioned after Audubon's watercolor. The painting is currently on display in Gallery 774 at the museum, a gallery which you can surely find by asking one of the museum personnel for its location.</div>
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The museum has information on this piece online, and here is an excerpt:</div>
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<i>Audubon made his watercolor of the ivory-bill...before 1826, and commissioned Kidd to copy it and other of his
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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/11332?=&imgno=0&tabname=label" target="_blank">Click here to read more about this painting</a> at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's site<i>.</i></div>
Bill Benishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006394626709197388noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937810202619602161.post-57199197211076497612015-09-22T23:34:00.003-04:002020-08-29T15:43:49.990-04:00Ivorybill Search: Across the Pascagoula: Otter Pond and Beyond<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #ffd966;"><b>Brian Carlisle</b></span> and <span style="color: #ffd966;"><b>Chris Carlisle</b></span> maintain a fantastic site called "<a href="http://ibwos.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kints</a>" which documents their ongoing search for the <b><span style="color: #93c47d;">Ivory-billed Woodpecker</span></b> in southern Mississippi. Kints (or "kents") refers to the common note or call of the Ivorybill. Chris Carlisle recently did a great post describing their search of the <a href="https://www.mdwfp.com/wildlife-hunting/wma/region/southeast/pascagoula-river/" target="_blank">Pascagoula Wildlife Management Area</a>. It includes over six dozen photographs, two of which are posted here, with permission.<br />
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Reading through the post along with seeing so many beautiful photos of the forest that the Carlisles searched transported me back to the very special times that I found myself lucky enough to be searching for the Ivorybill, starting at dawn, in similarly beautiful forests in Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina.<br />
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Here's an excerpt from the Carlisle brothers' post that describes the forest:<br />
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<i>Beautiful, mature second- and third-growth mixed bottomland hardwood and
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different types of trees -- swamp chestnut oak, water oak, sycamore,
holly, red maple, green ash, magnolia, what I believe to be pignut
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Bill Benishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006394626709197388noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937810202619602161.post-90674951026167481092015-04-25T23:21:00.001-04:002015-09-22T22:37:36.222-04:00Native American Pipe Stem with Ivory-billed Woodpecker Scalp<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is an image of a Native American pipe stem circa 1800 - 1825. It features an <b><span style="color: #93c47d;">Ivory-billed Woodpecker</span></b> scalp that is apparent to the far right, in black and red, just to the left of the two blue bands that are separated by a brown band. The pipe belongs to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ecology at Harvard University. It was loaned out to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City as part of a beautiful exhibit entitled <b><span style="color: #ffd966;">The Plains Indians - Artists of Earth and Sky</span></b>, at the museum, March 9 - May 10, 2015.</div>
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The book that accompanies this exhibit explains:<br />
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<i>"Attached to the stem is the head and scalp of an ivory-billed woodpecker, a bird widely associated with leadership, warfare, and calumet ceremonialism."</i></div>
Bill Benishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006394626709197388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937810202619602161.post-48008847294550913512015-03-21T23:49:00.000-04:002015-03-21T23:49:13.723-04:00Illustration of male Powerful and Crimson-bellied Woodpeckers by George F. Sandström<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bill Benishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006394626709197388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937810202619602161.post-64419531479383071332015-01-04T10:09:00.004-05:002020-08-29T15:57:54.290-04:00Illustration of male Red-necked and Robust Woodpeckers by George F. Sandström<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bill Benishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006394626709197388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937810202619602161.post-73604507613629692392014-08-25T22:36:00.004-04:002020-08-29T15:58:26.619-04:00Three Species of Campephilus Woodpeckers - Crimson-crested, Guayaquil, and Pale-billed Woodpeckers by George F. Sandström<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bill Benishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006394626709197388noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937810202619602161.post-62992173907166796242014-03-31T00:06:00.001-04:002020-08-29T15:53:51.670-04:00Illustration of female Magellanic and Cream-backed Woodpeckers by George F. Sanström<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is my great pleasure to present you with this fantastic illustration of a pair of <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">Imperial Woodpeckers</span></b> that appears on Plate 84 of <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffd966;"><i>Woodpeckers of the World</i> </span></b>by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_L._Short" target="_blank">Lester L. Short</a>, published by the <a href="http://www.delmnh.org/" target="_blank">Delaware Museum of Natural History</a> (1982). </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">The book is a comprehensive account of the 198 species in the <i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">Picidae</span></b></i> family that Short recognized, and it includes a total of 101 plates by artist </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.obituaries/ZWkg1nsJqxY" target="_blank">George F. Sandström</a> that portray these species in their natural colors with exquisite details. As <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Amadon" target="_blank">Dean Amadon</a> wrote in the preface:</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><i>The success of artist George </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><i>Sandström's labors will be evident to anyone who leafs through the plates. They permit an efficient comparison of woodpeckers, particularly of closely related species, often grouped on the same or in adjacent plates, from all quarters of the globe; they are an integral part of this treatise.</i></span></span></div>
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Bill Benishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006394626709197388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937810202619602161.post-25273509713394659432013-12-30T12:38:00.000-05:002013-12-30T12:49:58.586-05:00Invasive Mink Preys on Magellanic Woodpeckers on Navarino Island in Southern Chile<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="330" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/yA6oMaMor6A" width="520"></iframe><br />
Here's a great video of a female <b><span style="color: #93c47d;">Magellanic Woodpecker</span></b> excavating a cavity. <br />
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In a recent study, <b><span style="color: #ffd966;">Jaime Jiménez </span></b>and his research colleagues document predation of Magellanic Woodpeckers by invasive American minks on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navarino_Island" target="_blank">Navarino Island</a> in Southern Chile. Navarino Island is a 955-square mile (2,473 kilometers) area located between Tierra del Fuego to the north and Cape Horn to the south. Mink apparently arrived on the island in the 1990s. Magellanic Woodpeckers are accustomed to an intensive level of feeding on the ground on the island, something they are not as prone to do on the mainland where three species of foxes and other potential predators exist.<br />
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The Magellanic Woodpecker is a charismatic species notable for being the largest extant woodpecker in the Americas (after the <b><span style="color: #93c47d;">Imperial </span></b>and <b><span style="color: #93c47d;">Ivory-billed Woodpeckers</span></b>, other members of the <i>Campephilus</i> genus that are possibly extinct). The authors present a compelling argument for broadening current management actions to control the mink population in order to protect the Magellanic Woodpecker and other less noticed native species.<br />
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<a href="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-013-0549-1" target="_blank">Jiménez, Jaime E., et al. "Potential impact of the Alien American Mink (Neovison vison) on Magellanic woodpeckers (Campephilus magellanicus) in Navarino Island, Southern Chile." Biological Invasions (2013): 1-6.</a><br />
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Bill Benishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006394626709197388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937810202619602161.post-30821774826209599762013-11-12T21:33:00.000-05:002017-07-12T21:15:25.415-04:00Red-necked Woodpecker Species Account<div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px; padding: 0pt;">
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I recently authored a detailed species account on the <b style="color: #93c47d;">Red-necked Woodpecker</b> at <b style="color: #f1c232;">Neotropical Birds Online (NBO)</b>. It begins: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The superb photo you see here is a female Red-necked Woodpecker near Matto Grasso, Brazil. It is posted here with permission of talented wildlife photographer <b style="color: #ffd966;">Valdir Hobus</b>. </span><br />
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What an amazing portrait this is of a pair of <b><span style="color: #93c47d;">Cream-backed Woodpeckers</span></b>! The male is perched on the side of the tree, distinguished by his entirely red head with that black and white oval patch. The female is perched at the cavity, and she is distinguished by her black colored forehead and center of crest, and that rather dramatic looking white patch from the base of her bill tapering to a point below the rear of her ear coverts. <br />
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What a fine-looking male <span style="color: #93c47d;"><b>Powerful Woodpecker</b></span> here in profile in full sunlight! Sexing this species is easy enough because the female's crest is black. This fine photo was taken by Francesco Veronesi at Rio Blanco, Colombia. It is posted here under Creative Commons license.</div>
Bill Benishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006394626709197388noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937810202619602161.post-71708451752401652832013-01-01T00:00:00.001-05:002020-09-02T21:28:11.338-04:00Ivory-billed Woodpeckers & Others in the Campephilus Genus<div style="text-align: center;">
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=53C302B5B666A4CB&sec=natureserve" target="_blank">Cream-backed Woodpecker <i>(Campephilus leucopogon)</i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=E34138C6C5FD2DBB&sec=natureserve" target="_blank"> Crimson-crested Woodpecker <i>(Campephilus melanoleucos)</i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Cuban Ivory-billed Woodpecker <i>(Campephilus principalis bairdii)</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=D0DF9B454D6E933D&sec=natureserve" target="_blank"> Guayaquil Woodpecker <i>(Campephilus gayaquilensis)</i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=4D0B793108E821DD&sec=natureserve" target="_blank"> Imperial Woodpecker <i>(Campephilus imperialis)</i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=1E4B6E75FD28E24C&sec=natureserve" target="_blank"> Magellanic Woodpecker <i>(Campephilus magellanicus)</i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=A208D32B972D8CC7&sec=natureserve" target="_blank"> Pale-billed Woodpecker <i>(Campephilus guatemalensis)</i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=7AD8B03645DD8531&sec=natureserve" target="_blank"> Powerful Woodpecker <i>(Campephilus pollens)</i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=D7602D52CF98A753&sec=natureserve" target="_blank">Red-necked Woodpecker <i>(Campephilus rubricollis)</i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=0C14127ECA9531D2&sec=natureserve" target="_blank">Robust Woodpecker <i>(Campephilus robustus)</i></a></div><br />
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Various other sites offer the range map and other species information for each <i>Campephilus</i> woodpecker. See, for example, this page at <b><span style="color: #93c47d;">Xeno-canto</span></b>:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.xeno-canto.org/species.php?query=crimson-bellied+woodpecker" target="_blank">Species Overview page for the Crimson-bellied Woodpecker</a><br />
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Also, you can view a nice, and even more user-friendly, presentation of <b><i style="color: #93c47d;">Campephilus</i></b> taxonomic hierarchy and nomenclature drawn from Zoonomen at this site: <br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=178263" target="_blank">Integrated Taxonomic Information System</a><br />
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</div>Bill Benishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006394626709197388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937810202619602161.post-15451750461631849222010-02-19T01:35:00.008-05:002010-02-23T21:27:46.770-05:00WolframAlpha on Campephilus WoodpeckersHere is an image from the <b><span style="color: #93c47d;">Ivory-billed Woodpecker</span></b> <i>(Campephilus principalis) </i>search result from Wolfram Alpha's computational knowledge search engine that details <i>Campephilus</i> taxonomy.<br />
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Taxonomic network:<br />
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Source: Wolfram Alpha LLC. 2010. Wolfram|Alpha. <br />
(accessed February 20, 2010).<br />
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By the way, if you've never entered your birth day, month and year into Wolfram Alpha, you may want to try it out <a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/" target="_blank">here.</a>Bill Benishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006394626709197388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937810202619602161.post-28322032010731331402010-02-16T01:34:00.001-05:002012-07-13T18:09:28.038-04:00A Fossil Campephilus SpeciesIn his book<b style="color: #93c47d;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060891556/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_i6?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=08BRS8ZADJ314JMY7073&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846" target="_blank"><i>In Search of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker</i></a></b>, <b><span style="color: #93c47d;">Jerome A. Jackson</span></b> relates that a fossil species was described as <b style="color: #93c47d;"><i>Campephilus dalquesti</i></b> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierce_Brodkorb" target="_blank">Pierce Brodkorb</a>, an American ornithologist and paleontologist. This fossil species was discovered in Scurry County in central Texas, and dated to the late Pliocene epoch.<br />
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I wonder what <i>C. dalquesti </i>looked like. Maybe a bit like this dino-bird!? At least the colors look right. The dino-bird portrayed below is <b style="color: #93c47d;"><i>Anchiornis huxleyi</i></b> - you can <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchiornis" target="_blank">find more info here. </a><br />
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Check out the amazing video at this link:<br />
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<a href="http://sciencefriday.com/video/02/05/2010/finding-dino-color-in-fossil-feathers.html" target="_blank"><b>Finding Dino Color In Fossil Feathers</b></a></div>Bill Benishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006394626709197388noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937810202619602161.post-35993515093928150302010-02-16T00:51:00.009-05:002020-09-02T21:35:35.999-04:00Handbook of the Birds of the World by Lynx Edicions<a href="http://ibc.lynxeds.com/" target="_blank">The Internet Bird Collection</a> is a non-profit endeavor sponsored by the <b><a href="http://www.lynxeds.com/" style="color: #93c47d;" target="_blank">Handbook of the Birds of the World</a></b>, whose publishers happened to select the <b><span style="color: #93c47d;">Magellanic Woodpecker</span></b>, the largest woodpecker in South America, to represent the entire <i><b>Picidae </b></i>family on the cover of Volume 7.<br />
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Some people were not quite as thrilled with that selection as I was. In an overwhelmingly positive review of the book, <b style="color: #93c47d;">Geoffrey Carpentier</b> had this to say about the cover:<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>With a book of this nature, one has to try very hard before finding fault. My only quibble:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> I didn't like the picture of the <b style="color: #93c47d;">Magellanic Woodpecker</b></i><i> on the cover. It seems</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> an ungainly bird and a prettier one could have been chosen.</i> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Oh well!
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<a href="http://macaulaylibrary.org/index.do" target="_blank">https://www.macaulaylibrary.org/about/</a> <br /></div>
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The Macaulay Library contains the notable 10 min, 20 sec length recording of <b style="color: #93c47d;">Ivory-billed Woodpeckers</b> drumming, making<i> kents </i>and also other vocalizations all recorded by <b style="color: #93c47d;">Arthur A. Allen</b> and his team in April, 1935. It also contains a 1 min, 40 sec recording of what may be <i>kent </i>calls of the <b style="color: #93c47d;">Ivory-billed Woodpecker</b> recorded by <b style="color: #93c47d;">John V. Dennis</b> on February 25, 1968 in Texas.Bill Benishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006394626709197388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937810202619602161.post-2268976404420460902010-02-16T00:28:00.006-05:002020-09-02T21:38:15.582-04:00Listen at Xeno-Canto<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p><span style="color: #93c47d;"><b>Xeno-canto</b></span> is a community database of shared bird sounds from around the world. It's an ever-growing collection of bird sounds. At xeno-canto, you can listen to dozens of <i>Campephilus</i> woodpecker vocalizations, drumming and knocks from 9 out of the 12 species. Missing are any sounds of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, the Cuban Ivory-billed Woodpecker and the Imperial Woodpecker. That still leaves a multitude of recordings of the rest of the <i>Campephilus</i> family for your enjoyment and study <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.xeno-canto.org/browse.php?query=campephilus" target="_blank">http://www.xeno-canto.org/browse.php?query=campephilus</a><br /></div>
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Xeno-canto lets visitors to its site participate by discussing and identifying unknown sounds. And, if you record bird sounds, you should know that xeno-canto also lets people upload and share their own recordings on the site.<br />
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Also, don't miss the highly informative <b><span style="color: #93c47d;">Species Overview</span> </b> pages on Xeno-Canto. Available from the left frame menu, these pages offer a summary of number of species sound recordings, photos, range maps and sonogram images. See this page, for example: <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.xeno-canto.org/species.php?query=red-necked+woodpecker" target="_blank">Species Overview page for the Red-necked Woodpecker </a></div>Bill Benishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006394626709197388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937810202619602161.post-40138718814118910302010-02-16T00:27:00.014-05:002010-03-01T00:54:37.598-05:00WikiAves - A Enciclopédia das Aves do Brasil<b><span style="color: #93c47d;">WikiAves Encyclopedia of Brazilian Birds</span></b> is an amazing resource of <i>Campephilus</i> descriptive information, photos and sounds. WikiAves represents the four species of <i>Campephilus</i> woodpeckers, listed below, that can be found in Brazil.<br />
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The photographs that I have seen in WikiAves are among the most spectacular ones that I've seen anywhere. <br />
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In English and Portuguese, the four species of <i>Campephilus</i> in WikiAves are:<br />
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</div><ul><li><a href="http://www.wikiaves.com.br/pica-pau-de-barriga-preta" target="_blank">Cream-backed Woodpecker Pica-pau-de-barriga-preta</a></li>
</ul><ul><li><a href="http://www.wikiaves.com.br/pica-pau-de-topete-vermelho" target="_blank">Crimson-crested Woodpecker Pica-pau-de-topete-vermelho<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</ul><ul><li><a href="http://www.wikiaves.com.br/pica-pau-de-barriga-vermelha" target="_blank">Red-necked Woodpecker Pica-pau-de-barriga-vermelha</a> </li>
</ul><ul><li><a href="http://www.wikiaves.com.br/pica-pau-rei" target="_blank">Robust Woodpecker Pica-pau-rei<i><br />
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Although the entry on the Cream-backed Woodpecker is rather slim (as of this posting) the others have a wealth of descriptive information. And you'll find sounds and photos for all of them. You can cut and paste the Portuguese text into your favorite web-based translator to understand the entries.Bill Benishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006394626709197388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937810202619602161.post-82736007721995214692010-02-16T00:10:00.016-05:002010-03-12T10:55:53.714-05:00SIB - Parques Nacionales - Sistema de Información sobre BiodiversidadThere are 4 species of <i>Campephilus</i> that are native to Argentina which contain interesting and detailed profiles (en Español) along with dramatic illustrations of each species, except the Robust Woodpecker, at the <a href="http://www.sib.gov.ar/busqueda.php?qry=campephilus&qrydo.x=0&qrydo.y=0" target="_blank">SIB - Parques Nacionales - Sistema de Información sobre Biodiversidad</a> site. Be a bit patient to allow this site to load.<br />
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In English and with their Spanish names, the four species of <i>Campephilus</i> at the SIB site are:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sib.gov.ar/ficha/ANIMALIA*Campephilus*melanoleucos" target="_blank">1. Crimson-crested Woodpecker Carpintero garganta negra</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.sib.gov.ar/ficha/ANIMALIA*Campephilus*melanoleucos" target="_blank">Carpintero grande</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sib.gov.ar/ficha/ANIMALIA*Campephilus*leucopogon" target="_blank">2. Cream-backed Woodpecker Carpintero lomo blanco</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sib.gov.ar/ficha/ANIMALIA*Campephilus*magellanicus" target="_blank">3. Magellanic Woodpecker Carpintero gigante Carpintero negro patagónico</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.sib.gov.ar/ficha/ANIMALIA*Campephilus*magellanicus" target="_blank">Carpintero patagónico</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sib.gov.ar/ficha/ANIMALIA*Campephilus*robustus" target="_blank">4. Robust Woodpecker Carpintero grande</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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