Video of Large, Long, Attenuated Woodpecker from SE USA, that hops and wing flicks perhaps more like an Imperial than a Pileated Woodpecker
Do Pileated Woodpeckers hitch like this, have a long neck, have a long body and have a long crest like this? And is the wing flick more similar to the Imperial wing flick behavior or the Pileated Woodpecker wing flick behavior.
All three species wing flick. They do per some recent video evidence coming in; not all that unexpected.
Yes the video is poor and the bird distant.
First is an exert from Imperial Woodpecker 1956 film, Closest Relative of the Ivory-billed; a congener
All three species wing flick. They do per some recent video evidence coming in; not all that unexpected.
Yes the video is poor and the bird distant.
First is an exert from Imperial Woodpecker 1956 film, Closest Relative of the Ivory-billed; a congener
Here is an Ivory-billed frame showing part of a wing flick sequence. The wing flick can be viewed at Mcaulay Lab. Press the next link and see the first of 4 videos; the wing flick is at 18 seconds of the 31 .
