You might be thinking of ivory-billed woodpeckers for the nearly extinct part. They actually were thought to be extinct since the early 1900s until last year when someone claimed to have seen one.
"The crow-sized pileated woodpecker is as common as pig tracks."
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Date: 2006-07-26 05:49 pm (UTC)"The crow-sized pileated woodpecker is as common as pig tracks."
That quote is from this article:
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/accent/content/accent/epaper/2006/07/23/a7d_roncol_0723.html