Pileated woodpecker

Pileated woodpecker
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene–present
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Male (top) and female (bottom)

Secure  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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
  • Hylatomus pileatus Linnaeus, 1758

The pileated woodpecker (/ˈpaɪlieɪtəd, ˈpɪl-/ PY-lee-ay-tid, PIL-ee-; Dryocopus pileatus) is a large, mostly black woodpecker native to North America. An insectivore, it inhabits deciduous forests in eastern North America, the Great Lakes, the boreal forests of Canada, and parts of the Pacific Coast. It is the largest confirmed extant woodpecker species in North America, with the possible exception of the ivory-billed woodpecker, which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed be reclassified as extinct. It is also the third largest species of woodpecker in the world, after the great slaty woodpecker and the black woodpecker. "Pileated" refers to the bird's prominent red crest, from the Latin pileatus meaning "capped".[3]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Hylatomus pileatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22681363A92903232. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22681363A92903232.en. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Dryocopus pileatus". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Pileated woodpecker". Archived from the original on March 12, 2018.