#1279 · 🐦 birds

Pileated Woodpecker

🇳🇱 Noord-Amerikaanse Helmspecht ·Dryocopus pileatus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The pileated woodpecker ( Dryocopus pileatus ) is a large woodpecker native to North America. This crow-sized bird normally inhabits deciduous forests in eastern North America, the Great Lakes, the boreal forests of Canada, and parts of the Pacific coast. It is the second-largest woodpecker in the United States, after the critically endangered and possibly extinct ivory-billed woodpecker. The term "pileated" refers to the bird's prominent red crest, with the term from the Latin pileatus meaning "capped".

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 97,849iNaturalist observations
weight 11 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
97,849 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 11 g.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).