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Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
Birds Around Las Vegas, Wildlife Around Las Vegas
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General Description: Pileated Woodpeckers (Dryocopus pileatus) are very large, black woodpeckers with a red cap and bold white stripes on the face. Males also have a red mustache line. The peaked red cap is distinctive.
Favored Habitat: Coniferous forests. |
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Where to Find: Don't look for Pileated Woodpeckers around Las Vegas; rather, look for them in the high Sierra Nevada Mountains of California or around Lake Tahoe (or go to Canada or forested areas east of the Great Plains).
Comments: This is the species for whom Woody the Woodpecker was modeled. |
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Pileated Woodpecker male: note the red mustache mark |
Pileated Woodpecker male: note the red mustache mark |
Pileated Woodpecker male |
Pileated Woodpecker female (no red mustache) |
Pileated Woodpecker female; Dunedin, Florida |
Pileated Woodpecker female |
Pileated Woodpecker female |
Pileated Woodpeckers sometimes forage on the ground |
Pileated Woodpeckers can make large holes in rotten trees |
Pileated Woodpeckers probably getting carpenter ants |
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Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate.
; Last updated 240118 |
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