Pileated woodpecker

The pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) is a large, mostly black woodpecker native to North America.

Pileated woodpecker
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene–present
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Male (top) and female (bottom)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Dryocopus
Species:
D. pileatus
Binomial name
Dryocopus pileatus
The range includes the United States, east of the Mississippi river, most of lower of Canada, extending up into the Northern Rocky Mountains, and down the Pacific Coast into central California
Approximate distribution map
  Year-round
Synonyms

Picus pileatus Linnaeus, 1758

  • Male on a platform feeder
    Male on a platform feeder
  • Adult female at an ant-infested log
    Adult female at an ant-infested log
  • Mated pair
    Mated pair
  • Female chicks peeking from nest cavity
    Female chicks peeking from nest cavity
  • Male in flight
    Male in flight
  • Damage to a tree by a pileated woodpecker searching for bugs, a cavity roughly 3' tall, 4-6" wide, and 8" deep (90‍×‍10-15‍×‍20cm)
    Damage to a tree by a pileated woodpecker searching for bugs, a cavity roughly 3' tall, 4-6" wide, and 8" deep (90‍×‍10-15‍×‍20cm)
  • Two Juvenile pileated woodpeckers, both Female
    Two Juvenile pileated woodpeckers, both Female

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Dryocopus pileatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

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