Pileated Woodpecker

Dryocopus pileatus Order: PICIFORMES Family: Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Pileated Woodpecker HeadIllustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: Dagger, All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Brown in juveniles developing to yellow in adults.
  • Head Pattern: Eyeline, Striped, Crested or plumed, Special (unique patterns or features)
  • Crown Color: Red crest
  • Forehead Color: Red
  • Nape Color: Black
  • Throat Color: Black
  • Cere color: No Data
Splitbar

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Pileated Woodpecker Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 42-50 cm (16.5-19.5 in)
  • Weight: 309 g (10.9 oz)
  • Size: Size 4. Large (16 - 32 in)
  • Color: Red, White, Black
  • Underparts: Black
  • Upperparts: Black
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid, Scaled or Scalloped
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Pileated Woodpecker-Fiight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Strong powerful wing beats when traveling distances.
  • Wingspan Range: 69-76 cm (27-30 in)
  • Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Notched Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Black
  • Under Tail: Black
  • Leg Color: Gray
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Family Woodpecker (Picidae)_blue
Species Dryocopus pileatus
Length16.5 - 19.5 Inches
Wingspan28.5 Inches

Pileated Woodpecker

Pileated Woodpecker: Large woodpecker with mostly black body and white wing linings which are visible in flight. the head has a prominent red crest and cap, white face and neck stripes and a red moustache stripe, and large gray bill. Legs and feet are gray. The largest woodpecker in North America.

● Song: "cuk-cuk-cuk-cuk-cuk"

● Foraging & Feeding: Pileated Woodpecker: Feeds on insects such as ants and wood boring beetle larvae; also eats fruits and nuts. Pries off long slivers of wood to expose ant galleries, or uses its long, pointed tongue with barbs and sticky saliva to catch and extract ants from tunnels.

● Breeding & nesting: Pileated Woodpecker: Three to eight white eggs are laid in a bare tree cavity. Incubation ranges from 15 to 18 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Pileated Woodpecker: Ivory-billed Woodpecker lacks white chin and small white eyestripe extending to crest.

Flight Pattern

Strong powerful wing beats when traveling distances.
Pileated Woodpecker Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Pileated Woodpecker: Resident from British Columbia east across southern Canada to Nova Scotia, and south to northern California, southern Idaho, eastern North Dakota, central Texas, and Florida. Found in mature forests and borders.
BreedingMonogamous
PopulationCommon to fairly common
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight10.9 Ounces