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For 50 years the ivory-billed woodpecker has been widely considered extinct. But the Elvis of the bird-watching world is alive in eastern Arkansas, bird experts announced today.(Watch a video on the discovery from the Nature Conservancy [requires Windows Media Player ].).his really is the holy grail.. Among the world's largest woodpeckers, the ivory-bill is one of six North American bird species suspected or known to have gone extinct since 1880. The last conclusive sighting of the woodpecker was in Louisiana in 1944.
Red-Bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus): The red-bellied woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker approximately nine to 10.5 inches in length. The two field marks used to identify red-bellied woodpeckers are the black and white striped back and the red patch on the head.Females have only a red patch on the nape of the neck while males have a red cap that extends down the neck. The underside may have a blush of red feathers.ale hairy woodpeckers can be distinguished from females by the red patch on the back of their heads. Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius): The yellow-bellied sapsucker is a medium-sized woodpecker approximately eight to nine inches in length.