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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 .
Woodpeckers are part of the bird family Picidae, which also includes the piculets, wrynecks and sapsuckers. [1] Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia , New Guinea , New Zealand , Madagascar and the extreme polar regions.
Dryocopus is a genus of large powerful woodpeckers, typically 35–45 cm in length.It has representatives in North and South America, Europe, and Asia; some South American species are endangered.
An exception are a few species of three-toed woodpeckers. The jacamars aside, Piciformes do not have down feathers at any age, only true feathers. They range in size from the rufous piculet at 8 centimetres in length, and weighing 7 grams, to the toco toucan, at 63 centimetres long, and weighing 680 grams. [1]
Peckerwood is a term for a woodpecker which is used in the Southern United States; it is also used as a racial epithet for white people, especially poor rural whites. [2] ...
In 1983–1984, Catapult musicians Aart Mol, Cees Bergman, Elmer Veerhoff, Erwin van Prehn and Geertjan Hessing (under the pseudonym "Adams & Fleisner") wrote and produced "Woodpeckers from Space" by VideoKids, a synth-pop cover of "The Woody Woodpecker Song". [29] Released on 4 September 1984, the song became a number 1 hit in Spain and Norway.
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Pileated woodpecker: Dryocopus pileatus (Linnaeus, 1758) 180 White-bellied woodpecker: Dryocopus javensis (Horsfield, 1821) 181 Andaman woodpecker: Dryocopus hodgei (Blyth, 1860) 182 Black woodpecker: Dryocopus martius (Linnaeus, 1758) 183 Powerful woodpecker: Campephilus pollens (Bonaparte, 1845) 184 Splendid woodpecker: Campephilus splendens ...