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Ivory-bill   Listen
noun
Ivory-bill, ivorybill  n.  (Zool.) A large, handsome, black-and-white North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States and Cuba.
Synonyms: ivory-billed woodpecker, Campephilus principalis.






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"Ivory-bill" Quotes from Famous Books



... returned and halted for another chat. It was evident that he took a genuine and amiable interest in my researches. There were a great many kinds of sparrows in that country, he said, and also of woodpeckers. He knew the ivory-bill, but, like other Tallahasseans, he thought I should have to go into Lafayette County (all Florida people say Lafayette) to find it. "That bird calling now is a bee-bird," he said, referring to a kingbird; ...
— A Florida Sketch-Book • Bradford Torrey



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