Last confirmed sighting was 60 years ago Wildlife scientists confirmed on Thursday that a bird long thought extinct, the Ivory-billed woodpecker , has been found in Arkansas . The remarkable birds have a 30-inch wingspan and stand nearly 20 inches high. There have been several independent sightings of the bird in Arkansas over the last year, and even a videotape. In an effort to support the birds, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the Nature Conservancy and other groups have joined to form the Big Woods Conservation Partnership to conserve 200,000 acres of forest habitat and rivers in the area during the next 10 years.
 Wildlife scientists confirmed on Thursday that a bird long thought extinct, the , has been found in . The remarkable birds have a 30-inch wingspan and stand nearly 20 inches high. There have been several independent sightings of the bird in Arkansas over the last year, and even a videotape. In an effort to support the birds, the Lab of Ornithology, , and other groups have joined to form the Big Woods Conservation Partnership to conserve 200,000 acres of forest habitat and rivers in the area during the next 10 years.
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Last confirmed sighting was 60 years ago
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Ivory-billed woodpecker
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Arkansas
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the Nature Conservancy
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