Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker

Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker
A male Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker photographed by John Dennis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Picidae
Genus:	Campephilus
Species:	C. principalis
Subspecies:	C. p. bairdii
Trinomial name
Campephilus principalis bairdii (Cassin, 1863)

The Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker (Spanish: carpintero real)^[1] (Campephilus principalis bairdii) is a subspecies of the ivory-billed woodpecker native to Cuba. Originally classified as a separate species, recent research has indicated that C. p. bairdii may, in fact, be sufficiently distinct from the nominate subspecies to once again be regarded as a species in its own right.

There have been no confirmed sightings of the Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker since 1987. It is generally believed to be extinct, although the survival of some individuals is considered a remote possibility.