Pileated woodpecker
SpeciesWoodpeckers
A large North American woodpecker with a red crest.
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Pileated woodpecker
- Woodpeckers
The pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) is a large, crow-sized woodpecker native to North America. It has a prominent red crest, a white neck stripe, and a mostly black body. Found in deciduous, Great Lakes, boreal Canadian, and some Pacific Coast forests, it mainly eats insects living in trees. It excavates large, nearly rectangular holes to reach prey or create nests and is listed by the IUCN as least concern.
- Scientific name
- Dryocopus pileatus
- Native range
- North America
- Diet and behavior
- Primarily eats tree-dwelling insects and makes rectangular tree carvings.
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Pileated woodpecker (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q930712
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Joshlaymon. CC BY-SA 3.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsJoshlaymon, Own workModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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