Family: Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Red List Category

Criteria: D

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Justification of Red List category
Claims for this species's persistence in USA have emerged since 2004 although the evidence remains highly controversial. It may also survive in south-eastern Cuba, but there have been no confirmed records since 1987 despite many searches. If extant, the global population is likely to be tiny, and for these reasons it is treated as Critically Endangered.

Population size: 1-49 mature individuals

Population trend: unknown

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Nearctic
Realm - Neotropical
IUCN System - Terrestrial