<P> Heavy logging activity exacerbated by hunting by collectors devastated the population of ivory - billed woodpeckers in the late 19th century . It was generally considered extinct in the 1920s when a pair turned up in Florida , only to be shot for specimens . </P>
<P> Heavy logging activity exacerbated by hunting by collectors devastated the population of ivory - billed woodpeckers in the late 19th century . It was generally considered extinct in the 1920s when a pair turned up in Florida , only to be shot for specimens . </P>
the probable extinction of the ivory-billed woodpecker was mainly driven by
the probable extinction of the ivory-billed woodpecker was mainly driven by
Heavy logging activity exacerbated by hunting by collectors
Heavy logging activity exacerbated by hunting by collectors