Imperial Woodpecker
Campephilus imperialis
- Critically endangered
- Card rarity: Legendary
- Birds
The imperial woodpecker is a woodpecker species endemic to Mexico. Measuring approximately 56–60 cm (22–23.5 in) in length, it is the largest known woodpecker. Because of its close taxonomic relationship and resemblance to the ivory-billed woodpecker, it is sometimes referred to as the Mexican ivory-billed woodpecker. However, this name has also been applied to the extant pale-billed woodpecker. The bird was well known to the Indigenous peoples of Mexico, who had several names for the species. It was called cuauhtotomomi in Nahuatl, uagam by the Tepehuán and cumecócari by the Tarahumara.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae
- Genus
- Campephilus