Bermuda Flicker (Colaptes oceanicus)
Posted on 31 December, 1623 in Extinct • Tagged with Bermuda, family-PICIDAE, extinct-1620s
Year Last Seen:
1623
Comments:
This woodpecker was recently-described from subfossil remains. It is likely to have persisted into the 17th century, but is long Extinct.
Habitat:
This species would probably have excavated nest holes in Sabal bermudana palm trees and in rotten limbs and stumps of hardwoods; these excavations …
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