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The Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) is the largest woodpecker in North America. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1824x1422, 291 KB) Dryocopus pileatus A Pileated Woodpecker 2004-05-29. ...
The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive either in the present day or the future. ...
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Least Concern (LC) is an IUCN category assigned to extant species or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category. ...
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Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ...
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Families Galbulidae Bucconidae Capitonidae Ramphastidae Picidae Indicatoridae For prehistoric taxa, see text Six families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives. ...
Genera About 30, see text The avian family Picidae includes the woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks. ...
Species See text Dryocopus is a genus of very large woodpeckers. ...
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Carl Linnaeus, Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as , (May 13, 1707[1] – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[2] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ...
Year 1758 (MDCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
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Genera Melanerpes Sphyrapicus Xiphidiopicus Dendropicos Dendrocopos Picoides Veniliornis Campethera Geocolaptes Dinopium Meiglyptes Hemicircus Micropternus Picus Mulleripicus Dryocopus Celeus Piculus Colaptes Campephilus Chrysocolaptes Reinwardtipicus Blythipicus Gecinulus Sapheopipo For other uses, see Woodpecker (disambiguation). ...
North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ...
Adults (40-49 cm long, 250-350 g weight) are mainly black with a red crest and a white line down the sides of the throat. Adult males have a red line from the bill to the throat and red on the front of the crown. In adult females, these are black. They show white on the wings in flight. The only North American birds of similar plumage and size are the Ivory-billed Woodpecker of the Southeastern United States and Cuba, and the related Imperial Woodpecker of Mexico. Both of those species are extremely rare, if not extinct. Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) The Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) is, or was, a very large member of the woodpecker family, Picidae; it is officially listed as an endangered species, but by the end of the 20th century had widely been considered extinct. ...
The US Southeast is the eastern portion of the Southern United States, but the Census Bureau does not provide a standard definition of a Southeast region of the United States, and organizations that need to subdivide the US are free to define a Southeast region to fit their needs. ...
Binomial name Campephilus imperialis (Gould, 1832) The Imperial Woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis) is (or was) a member of the woodpecker family Piciformes. ...
Since 1500, over 100 species of birds have become extinct, and this rate of extinction seems to be increasing. ...
Their breeding habitat is forested areas with large trees across Canada, the eastern United States and parts of the Pacific coast. They usually excavate large nests in the cavities of dead trees, and often excavates a new home each year, creating habitat for other large cavity nesters. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (803x1024, 271 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Pileated Woodpecker User:Harvest Moon Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (803x1024, 271 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Pileated Woodpecker User:Harvest Moon Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or...
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This bird is usually a permanent resident.
These birds mainly eat insects (especially beetle larvae and carpenter ants) as well as fruits, berries and nuts. They often chip out large and roughly rectangular holes in trees while searching out insects. For other uses, see Beetle (disambiguation). ...
Diversity 1017 species Species See text. ...
The call is a wild laugh, similar to the Northern Flicker. Its drumming can be very loud, often sounding like someone striking a tree with a hammer. This bird favors mature forests, but has adapted to use second-growth stands and heavily wooded parks as well. Binomial name Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) is a medium-sized woodpecker. ...
A claw hammer For other uses, see Hammer (disambiguation). ...
The Pileated Woodpecker was the model for the cartoon character Woody Woodpecker.
Woody Woodpecker, from the opening title sequence for the 1951 short Puny Express. ...
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A male Pileated Woodpecker at a suet feeder. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 361 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (702 × 1,164 pixels, file size: 198 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Pileated woodpecker at suet log feeder (the PVC baffles are to exclude the invasive european starling). ...
| A male Pileated Woodpecker on a tree. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 550 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,188 × 1,294 pixels, file size: 483 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A male Pileated Woodpecker on a tree. ...
| A male Pileated Woodpecker on a platform feeder. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 666 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (941 × 847 pixels, file size: 192 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A male Pileated Woodpecker on a platform feeder. ...
| A male Pileated Woodpecker feeding a juvenile by regurgitation. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution‎ (966 × 643 pixels, file size: 288 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A male pileated woodpecker feeding a juvenile by regurgitation. ...
| Juvenile female Pileated Woodpecker Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 573 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (847 × 886 pixels, file size: 235 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Juvenile female pileated woodpecker. ...
| Mature female pileated woodpecker. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 536 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,936 × 1,296 pixels, file size: 422 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Mature female pileated woodpecker. ...
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References Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Dryocopus pileatus - BirdLife International (2004). Dryocopus pileatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
- Interesting Pileated Woodpecker Facts donated by BirdHouses101.com
- Birdchat archives--lists "Lord God Bird" as folk name for this species
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The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List and Red Data List), created in 1963, is the worlds most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species and can be found here. ...
The World Conservation Union or International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ...
External links - Pileated Woodpecker videos on the Internet Bird Collection
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