Pileated Woodpecker

Dryocopus pileatus

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The Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) is a very large North American woodpecker, roughly crow-sized, inhabiting deciduous forests in eastern North America, the Great Lakes, the boreal forests of Canada, and parts of the Pacific coast. It is also the largest woodpecker in the United States, except the possibly extinct Ivory-billed Woodpecker.

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  1. (c) Scott Young, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/63717139@N00/499981592
  2. (c) funpics47, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3113/2918271675_9fb0332b03.jpg
  3. (c) Jerry McFarland, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8324/8090162756_292f49691b_o.jpg
  4. (c) nigel from vancouver, Canada, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Pileated_Woodpecker_%286258355443%29.jpg
  5. (c) DickDaniels (http://carolinabirds.org/), some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Pileated_Woodpecker_Ash_RWD2.jpg
  6. (c) Tim Hite, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Tim Hite
  7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryocopus_pileatus

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