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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-headed woodpecker was historically a common species in southern Canada and the east-central United States. Consistent long-term population declines have resulted in red-headed woodpecker's threatened status in Canada and several states in the US. Throughout most of its range, it inhabits areas that have been heavily altered by humans.
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 .
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: Melanerpes uropygialis (Baird, SF, 1854) 52 Hoffmann's 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
White woodpecker: Melanerpes candidus: Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. Lewis's woodpecker: Melanerpes lewis: western and central United States Guadeloupe woodpecker: Melanerpes herminieri: Guadeloupe archipelago Puerto Rican woodpecker: Melanerpes portoricensis: Puerto Rico Red-headed woodpecker ...
There was a brown bird nibbling at the wild bird seed with a bright red head, she told McClatchy News in an interview. The only problem was its size. It was much too small to be a woodpecker.
The red-cockaded woodpecker feeds primarily on ants, beetles, cockroaches, caterpillars, wood-boring insects, and spiders, and occasionally fruit and berries.The vast majority of foraging is on pines, with a strong preference for large trees, though they will occasionally forage on hardwoods and even on corn earworms in cornfields.