Dryocopus pileatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pileated Woodpecker

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Vertebrate

Sublevel 2: Bird

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Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Piciformes

Family: Picidae

Genus: Dryocopus

Species: Dryocopus pileatus

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations:
RI - Concern
RI WAP (2015) - SGCN

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Dryocopus pileatus

Dryocopus pileatus

Holes in tree

Worcester County, MA

Date: 2012-05-06

Dryocopus pileatus

Holes in tree

Essex County, MA

Date: 2018-04-07

Dryocopus pileatus

Holes in tree

Essex County, MA

Date: 2018-04-07