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The pileated woodpecker (/ ˈ p aɪ l i eɪ t ə d, ˈ p ɪ l-/ 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 .
The red-headed woodpecker should not be confused with the red-bellied woodpecker, which is similar in size but has a vibrant orange-red crown and nape; the red-bellied woodpecker is named for the pale reddish blush of its lower belly and has a distinctly patterned black and white back rather than the solid black one of the red-headed woodpecker.
Predators of adult red-bellied woodpeckers include birds of prey such as sharp-shinned hawks and Cooper's hawks, black rat snake, and house cats. Known predators of nestlings and eggs include red-headed woodpeckers, owls, pileated woodpeckers, eastern gray squirrels, fox squirrels, gray rat snakes, and black rat snakes.
They are mainly black in plumage with red on the crown of the head, often as a crest. Most species also have some white areas of plumage, especially on the head, and some have additional red facial markings. The male, female and juvenile plumages of each species usually differ, often in the extent of red on the crown and elsewhere on the head.
The area’s common suburban and urban woodpecker species — primarily the downy woodpecker and red-bellied woodpecker — are resident, meaning they stay in the same place year-round, said ...
Red-collared woodpecker: Picus rabieri (Oustalet, 1898) 209 Black-headed woodpecker: Picus erythropygius (Elliot, DG, 1865) 210 Grey-headed woodpecker: Picus canus Gmelin, JF, 1788: 211 Sumatran woodpecker: Picus dedemi (van Oort, 1911) 212 Himalayan flameback: Dinopium shorii (Vigors, 1831) 213 Common flameback: Dinopium javanense (Ljungh ...
Woodpeckers may aggressively harass potential competitors, and also use other strategies to reduce the chance of being usurped from their nesting sites; for example, the red-crowned woodpecker digs its nest in the underside of a small branch, which reduces the chance that a larger species will take it over and expand it.
All woodpeckers here are depicted at the same scale in their original, unedited size. Arrows point to the location of where each bird was located on the tree. Insets include an unidentified small woodpecker (top), a Pileated Woodpecker (middle), and a Red-headed Woodpecker (bottom).