Video evidence and other information relevant to the conservation of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis)

详细信息    查看全文

• 作者：Michael D. Collins ; ^{michael.collins@nrl.navy.mil}
• 关键词：Ecology ; Zoology
• 刊名：Heliyon
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：3
• 期：1
• 全文大小：1183 K
• 卷排序：3

文摘

Despite the publication of three independent papers that reported sightings of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), its preservation became a controversial topic because nobody has been able to obtain a distinct photo, which is considered the standard form of evidence for documenting birds. An analysis based on a combination of factors related to habitat and behavior suggests that the expected waiting time for obtaining a distinct photo of an Ivory-billed Woodpecker is several orders of magnitude greater than it would be for a more typical baseline species of comparable rarity. Given these difficulties and the time pressure involved to ensure the conservation of this species, this paper discusses the need to use a different approach for an exceptional case. Presented here are three videos that show birds with flights, behaviors, field marks, and other characteristics that are consistent with the Ivory-billed Woodpecker but no other species inhabiting the region.