Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The pileated woodpecker (/ ˈ p aɪ l i ˌ eɪ t ə d w ʊ d p ɛ k ər, p ɪ-/, 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 .
Lineated woodpeckers chip out holes, often quite large, while searching out insects in trees. They mainly eat insects, especially ants and their larvae, [14] beetles and their larvae, termites, orthopterans, caterpillars [14] with some seeds, such as from Heliconia and Clusia rosea, [14] and fruits, berries, and nuts.
Ivory-billed woodpecker. The ivory-billed woodpecker ( Campephilus principalis) is a woodpecker that was native to the bottomland hardwood forests and temperate coniferous forests of the Southern United States and Cuba. [ a] The US Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing it as extinct September 29, 2021.
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.
Acorn woodpecker. The acorn woodpecker ( Melanerpes formicivorus) is a medium-sized woodpecker with a length of around 20 cm (8 in), [ 2] and an average weight of 85 g (3.0 oz). [citation needed] It is found across Central America, as well as North into the western United States and South into parts of Colombia. [ 1]
Magellanic woodpecker. The Magellanic woodpecker ( Campephilus magellanicus) is a species of large woodpecker found in southern Chile and southwestern Argentina; it is resident within its range. This species is the southernmost example of the genus Campephilus, which includes the famous ivory-billed woodpecker ( C. principalis ).
The imperial woodpecker ( Campephilus imperialis) is a woodpecker species endemic to Mexico. If it is not extinct, it is the world's largest woodpecker species, at 56–60 cm (22–23.5 in) long. [3] Researchers have discovered that the imperial woodpecker has slow climbing strides and a fast wing-flap rate compared with other woodpeckers.
The black woodpecker ( Dryocopus martius) is a large woodpecker that lives in mature forests across the northern Palearctic. It is the sole representative of its genus in that region. Its range is expanding. The black woodpecker is easily the largest woodpecker species in Europe as well as in the portion of Asia where it lives and is one of the ...