Pileated woodpecker
The pileated woodpecker also known as Tuxedo woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) is a large, mostly black woodpecker native to North America.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Dryocopus |
| Species: | D. pileatus
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Gallery
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
Pileated Woodpecker Media
Southern Pileated Woodpecker after John White, 1585.
Plate 111 of the Birds of America by John James Audubon, depicting pileated woodpeckers (1 ♀, 3 ♂♂)
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus), male, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) eating suet
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Related pages
References
- ↑ BirdLife International. 'Dryocopus pileatus'. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012 (2012)IUCN. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- Pileated Woodpecker Species Account – Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Dryocopus pileatus- University of Michigan Species Account by Diana Young
Other websites
Media related to Pileated woodpecker at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Dryocopus pileatus at Wikispecies
- Pileated woodpecker stamps at bird-stamps.org
- Pileated woodpecker sound at Florida Museum of Natural History