U.S. declares ivory-billed woodpecker and nearly two dozen other species extinct - The Washington Post

U.S. declares ivory-billed woodpecker and nearly two dozen other species extinct - The Washington Post: U.S. officials have declared the ivory-billed woodpecker, a ghostly bird whose long-rumored survival in the bottomland swamps of the South has haunted seekers for generations, officially extinct after years of futile efforts to save it.