Current Status is Federally Endangered
The FWC received a petition to re-evaluate the Red-cockaded
Woodpecker in 2001. The woodpecker was evaluated according to
the listing process rules and it was determined that the status
change from a Threatened species to one of Special Concern was
warranted. In 2003, FWC reclassified the RCW as a
"species of special concern," meaning it still is at high risk of
extinction. In 2010, the Commission approved new rules for listing
imperiled species and the RCW was listed as Federally endangered in
Florida. Below are links to the petition that was received in 2001,
the final biological status report, and a copy of the approved
management plan.
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