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Though it has a vivid orange-red crown and nape it is not to be confused with the red-headed woodpecker, a separate species of woodpecker in the same genus with an entirely red head and neck that sports a solid black back and white belly. The red-bellied earns its name from the pale reddish tint on its lower underside.
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.
Red-crowned woodpecker: Melanerpes rubricapillus (Cabanis, 1862) 51 Gila woodpecker: Melanerpes uropygialis (Baird, SF, 1854) 52 Hoffmann's woodpecker: Melanerpes hoffmannii (Cabanis, 1862) 53 Golden-fronted woodpecker: Melanerpes aurifrons (Wagler, 1829) 54 Velasquez's woodpecker: Melanerpes santacruzi (Bonaparte, 1838) 55 Red-bellied woodpecker
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 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 .
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 ...
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 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.