CLASS AVES

Ivory-billed Woodcreeper

Animals Kingdom (Animalia)

• Chordates (Phylum Chordata)

• Vertebrates (Subphylum Vertebrata)

• Birds (Class Aves)

The Ivory-billed Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus flavigaster) is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily. A large, fairly common woodcreeper of tropical forest in both dry and humid areas. Feeds mainly on larger trunks, often methodically probing the bark and leaves in search of insects. They have a long stout bill, which is mostly pale and bold streaking on the head, back, and underparts.