Ivory-billed woodpecker (English spelling)

Japanese: ハシジロキツツキ(嘴白啄木鳥) - ハシジロキツツキ（英語表記）ivory‐billed woodpecker

A bird of the woodpecker family, Picidae. A large woodpecker with a total length of about 50 cm and black and white plumage. Males have a large red crest on the top of their head, while females have black feathers. Their large, thick, ivory-colored beaks. They live alone in pairs in vast virgin forests of deciduous broadleaf trees along rivers. Of all woodpeckers, they are best at climbing tree trunks, using their powerful beak to tear off large pieces of bark and catch large beetle larvae. They also eat cones and fruits. During the breeding season, they dig nests in dead trunks of tall trees and lay three to four eggs per clutch.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

キツツキ目キツツキ科の鳥。全長約50cm，黒色と白色の羽色の大型なキツツキ。雄の頭頂部には赤い大きな冠羽があるが，雌では黒い。くちばしは大きく太く象牙色をしている。川沿いの広大な落葉広葉樹の原生林に単独かつがいですむ。キツツキ類の中で，樹幹をよじ登ることがもっともうまく，強力なくちばしで大きな樹皮片をはぎとり，大型の甲虫類の幼虫をとる。球果や果実も食べる。繁殖期には，高木の枯れた幹に巣穴を掘り，1腹3～4個の卵を産む。

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