Adult Imperial Woodpecker T-shirt Magnets & Stickers species of this genus were

species of this genus were classified within the very large true-tanager family of the American tropics

This tremendous bird's wingspan can reach over 9 ft

it is susceptible to habitat loss through mass deforestation

It is found in much of central and eastern South America

This species has seen a 40% decline in population over the last fifty or sixty years

Adult Imperial Woodpecker T-shirt Magnets & Stickers species of this genus wereThe largest woodpecker on earth during its time, the Imperial Woodpecker is considered recently extinct. It occupied the pine oak forests of Mexico's Sierra Madre Occidental mountains, and was completely destroyed by human activity. Though this species relied on dead or partially dead trees for sustenance and nesting, loggers over the last couple of centuries believed that it damaged healthy trees, and enacted a campaign to poison the Imperial