Campo phil us (kampofilus)

[NL. (first Campephilus G. R. Gray, 1840), the ivory-billed woodpeckers. They have a long, straight, truncate, beveled and ridged bill ivory of like hardne and whitene , a very slender neck, the head crested, and the coloration black, white, and scarlet. The best known species is C. principal is of the southern United States, about 20 inches long and 30 or more in extent of wings. Another, Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campo phil us principal is). C. imperial is, is still larger. See ivorybill. Also written Campephilus .