| Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker | |
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| A male Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker photographed by John Dennis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Campephilus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | C. p. bairdii
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| Trinomial name | |
| Campephilus principalis bairdii (Cassin, 1863)
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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.
- ^ Peña, C.M.; Navarro, N.; Fernández, A. (1999). "Status actual del Carpintero Real (Campephilus principalis bairdii) en Cuba". Pitirre. 12 (3): 85–87.