Hello there!! Thank you for tuning into this exciting documentary of the Campephilus principalis, otherwise known as the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker.
The Campephilus principalis is a member of the Domain Eukarya, and the Kingdom Animalia. It is a vertebrate animal; and is a bird.
The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker is an endangered species, which resides in a terrestrial habitat; there location varies from Florida to Arkansas, which is where the last sighting was. They “are known to prefer thick hardwood swamps and pine forests, with large amounts of dead and decaying trees (2).” This rare type of woodpecker was recently re-discovered in “Arkansas in 2004(3).”
The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker has an interesting diet; it “feeds mainly on larvae of wood-boring beetles, but also eats seeds, fruit, and other insects (2).” This woodpecker is a rare and interesting find; it is endangered and therefore quite difficult to track down. Not only is the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker critically endangered, it is also possibly extinct. The woodpecker is endangered because of the heavy logging activity that occurs, in its home.
This woodpecker is one of the largest among the woodpecker family, and is a very important and interesting find for any conservationist. I think that bioprospectors would be interested in the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker because of its interesting look, and the habitat in which it is able to survive. This woodpecker has many properties other than its look and habitat, which might make it interesting to bioprospectors.
I do not see how this animal could be affected directly by global warming, although I can see how its habitat and feeding habits could be affected. If it were to get to hot where the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker resides, then it is quite possible that the beetles that it feeds on could die therefore leaving the woodpecker without anything to eat, causing it to die of starvation.
As I have already stated in the above documentary, the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker is currently endangered, and was known to be extinct until March 2004 in Arkansas when there was a brief sighting of this bird.
Well, that’s the end of the documentary of the Campephilus principalis otherwise known as the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, thanks for tuning in and hope that you learned more about this endangered species, than you had already known. For more information on this species please inquire the given resources.
Resources:
(1)http://www.birdlife.org/images/sized/200/ivory-billed_woodpecker.jpg
(2)http://en.wikipedia.org/wik/Ivory-billed_woodpecker
