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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-crowned woodpecker is 16 to 18.5 cm (6.3 to 7.3 in) long and weighs 40 to 65 g (1.4 to 2.3 oz). The sexes' plumage is alike except for their head pattern. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have a pale yellow to whitish forehead, a bright red crown, and an orange-red nape and hindneck.
Jamaican woodpecker: Melanerpes radiolatus (Wagler, 1827) 47 Golden-cheeked woodpecker: Melanerpes chrysogenys (Vigors, 1839) 48 Grey-breasted woodpecker: Melanerpes hypopolius (Wagler, 1829) 49 Yucatan woodpecker: Melanerpes pygmaeus (Ridgway, 1885) 50 Red-crowned woodpecker: Melanerpes rubricapillus (Cabanis, 1862) 51 Gila woodpecker
The genus forms part of the woodpecker subfamily Picinae and has a sister relationship to the genus Mulleripicus whose species are found in South and Southeast Asia. The genus Dryocopus is a member of the tribe Picini and belongs to a clade that contains five genera: Colaptes , Piculus , Mulleripicus , Dryocopus and Celeus .
A red-bellied woodpecker rests on a branch of a dogwood tree after a winter storm near Knightdale, N.C. on Feb. 17, 2015. Aaron Moody/amoody@newsobserver.com Woodpeckers love this kind of wood, siding
The largest surviving species is the great slaty woodpecker, which weighs 430 g (15 oz) on average and up to 563 g (19.9 oz), and measures 45 to 55 cm (18 to 22 in), but the extinct imperial woodpecker, at 55 to 61 cm (22 to 24 in), and ivory-billed woodpecker, around 48 to 53 cm (19 to 21 in) and 516 g (18.2 oz), were probably both larger.
The woodpecker first locates a tunnel by tapping on the trunk with its head. Once a tunnel is found, the woodpecker chisels out wood until it makes an opening into the tunnel. Then it worms its tongue into the tunnel to try to locate the grub. The tongue of the woodpecker is long and ends in a barb.
Grey-breasted woodpecker: Melanerpes hypopolius: southwestern Mexico. Yucatan woodpecker: Melanerpes pygmaeus: Belize and Mexico Red-crowned woodpecker: Melanerpes rubricapillus: Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas and Tobago. Gila woodpecker: Melanerpes uropygialis: southwestern United States and western Mexico. Hoffmann's ...