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Christopher HILL (chill@BIX.com) wrote:
: >Are there ANY Ivory billed woodpeckers left?  Are they finally extinct?
: >Does anyone have ANY information or experiences with these birds?  I would
: >love to hear them!  Thanks!

: The last I heard, there may still be a few left in the pine forests of
: Cuba. I don't know when the last sighting was, though. It's always hard to
: say conclusively that a species is extinct, when it inhabits remote, or
: poorly monitored areas. There are a number of species here in Hawai`i that
: haven't been seen or heard in many years. There is constant argument as to
: which should be considered extinct.

There was a thread here on the Cuba sightings a few months ago.  The last
sighting(s) was in the late 1980's in Cuba.  Much of that particular forest
is gone now and recent expeditions have found nothing.  It's a pretty good
bet the bird is extinct.

Chad



: Christopher Hill
: Aiea, Hawai`i (O`ahu)