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Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks. Lewis's woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis (A) Red-headed woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus; Red-bellied woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus; Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius; Downy woodpecker, Dryobates pubescens; Red-cockaded woodpecker, Dryobates borealis
Felsenthal NWR's habitat diversity supports a large amount of biodiversity. Over 1,150 species of plants and animals have been documented on the refuge. [4] Felsenthal NWR is the only national wildlife refuge in Arkansas with a population of the federally-protected red-cockaded woodpecker. [5]
On April 29, 2005, a team from Cornell Lab of Ornithology claimed they had taken a four-second video and recorded audio calls of the ivory-billed woodpecker, believed extinct for 60 years, in the refuge. The woodpecker has not been seen since and whether it was actually seen in 2005 remains a source of considerable debate.
The northern flicker may be observed in open habitats near trees, including woodlands, edges, yards, and parks. In the western United States, one can find it in mountain forests all the way up to the tree line. The northern flicker generally nests in holes in trees like other woodpeckers.
The pileated woodpecker (/ ˈ p aɪ l i eɪ t ə d, ˈ p ɪ l-/ PY-lee-ay-tid, PIL-ee-; Dryocopus pileatus) is a large, mostly black woodpecker native to North America. An insectivore, it inhabits deciduous forests in eastern North America, the Great Lakes, the boreal forests of Canada, and parts of the Pacific Coast.
The ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) is a woodpecker native to the Southern United States and Cuba. [a] Habitat destruction and hunting have reduced populations so severely that the last universally accepted sighting in the United States was in 1944, and the last universally accepted sighting in Cuba was in 1987. [3] [4] [5] [6]
The preservation of habitat for waterfowl in an intensely agricultural region is the primary purpose of the refuge. 6,400 acres (20 km 2) of Big Lake was named a National Natural Landmark. 2,144 acres (8 km 2) are designated as wilderness. [2] Map of Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas. The refuge features old-growth bald cypress forests.
The Piney Woods is a temperate coniferous forest terrestrial ecoregion in the Southern United States covering 54,400 square miles (141,000 km 2) of East Texas, southern Arkansas, western Louisiana, and southeastern Oklahoma.