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Pileated Woodpecker

Dryocopus pileatus

Photo by mary.gallo.m
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A spectacular large woodpecker with a flaming red crest.

Habitat:

Coniferous mixed and hardwood forest; woodlots.

Reference Links:

Pileated woodpecker

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Comments (1)
Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman
Beautiful looking woodpecker and so alike and different at the same time than our (Costa Rica) Linieted Woodpecker, Dryocopus lineatus. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/13329582

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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedOctober 17, 2013

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