We reanalyzed video presented as confirmation that an ivory-billed woodpecker (
Campephilus principalis
) persists in Arkansas (Fitzpatrick
et al
., Reports, 3 June 2005, p. 1460). None of the features described as diagnostic of the ivory-billed woodpecker eliminate a normal pileated woodpecker (
Dryocopus pileatus
). Although we support efforts to find and protect ivory-billed woodpeckers, the video evidence does not demonstrate that the species persists in the United States.
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