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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 .
Red-headed woodpecker: Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) 38 Acorn woodpecker: Melanerpes formicivorus (Swainson, 1827) 39 Yellow-tufted woodpecker: Melanerpes cruentatus (Boddaert, 1783) 40 Yellow-fronted woodpecker: Melanerpes flavifrons (Vieillot, 1818) 41 Golden-naped woodpecker: Melanerpes chrysauchen Salvin, 1870: 42 Beautiful ...
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.
“Seal the wood, that way insects can’t get in there, and there’s no reason for a woodpecker to come either.” Red-bellied Woodpeckers are one of over 300 kinds of woodpeckers in the world ...
The genus Melanerpes was introduced by the English ornithologist William John Swainson in 1832 to accommodate the red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus). [2] The generic name combines the Ancient Greek melas meaning "black" with herpēs meaning "creeper". [3]
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.