Pileated woodpecker
species of bird
(Redirected from Dryocopus pileatus)
The pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) is a large, mostly black woodpecker native to North America.
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| Male (top) and female (bottom) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Dryocopus |
| Species: | D. pileatus
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| Dryocopus pileatus | |
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Picus pileatus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Gallery change
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Male on a platform feeder -
Adult female at an ant-infested log -
Mated pair -
Female chicks peeking from nest cavity -
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) -
Two Juvenile pileated woodpeckers, both Female
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References change
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Dryocopus pileatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- Pileated Woodpecker Species Account – Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Dryocopus pileatus- University of Michigan Species Account by Diana Young
Other websites change
Media related to Pileated woodpecker at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Dryocopus pileatus at Wikispecies
