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Red-cockaded woodpeckers' recovery in southeast leads to status change from endangered to threatened

Oct. 24, 2024 18:27 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The red-cockaded woodpecker, an iconic bird in southeastern forests, has recovered enough of its population to be downlisted from an endangered species to a threatened one, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday. "The downlisting of the...