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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 .
Golden-naped woodpecker: Melanerpes chrysauchen Salvin, 1870: 42 Beautiful woodpecker: Melanerpes pulcher Sclater, PL, 1870: 43 Black-cheeked woodpecker: Melanerpes pucherani (Malherbe, 1849) 44 White-fronted woodpecker: Melanerpes cactorum (d'Orbigny, 1840) 45 Hispaniolan woodpecker: Melanerpes striatus (Müller, PLS, 1776) 46 Jamaican woodpecker
The genus Melanerpes was introduced by the English ornithologist William 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]
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 .
The eggs are the second-largest of the North American woodpecker species, exceeded only by the pileated woodpecker's. Incubation is by both sexes for about 11 to 12 days. Commonly the male will sit on the eggs overnight, and both the male and female will incubate the eggs during the day. [23]
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