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Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus · Picidae
Where it's found
Every region with Pileated Woodpecker in its dex, with the tier and number it has there.
| Region | Tier | No. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Common | #384 | |
| United States of America | Common | #751 | |
| Alabama | Common | #192 | |
| Alberta | Uncommon | #151 | |
| Arkansas | Common | #179 | |
| British Columbia | Common | #278 | |
| California | Uncommon | #383 | |
| Connecticut | Common | #187 | |
| Delaware | Common | #166 | |
| District of Columbia | Common | #124 | |
| Florida | Common | #265 | |
| Georgia | Common | #198 | |
| Idaho | Uncommon | #196 | |
| Illinois | Common | #192 | |
| Indiana | Common | #175 | |
| Iowa | Common | #174 | |
| Kansas | Common | #193 | |
| Kentucky | Common | #172 | |
| Louisiana | Common | #196 | |
| Maine | Common | #197 | |
| Manitoba | Common | #179 | |
| Maryland | Common | #202 | |
| Massachusetts | Common | #216 | |
| Michigan | Common | #200 | |
| Minnesota | Common | #204 | |
| Mississippi | Common | #182 | |
| Missouri | Common | #180 | |
| Montana | Common | #217 | |
| Nebraska | Uncommon | #205 | |
| Nevada | Rare | #218 | |
| New Brunswick | Common | #177 | |
| New Hampshire | Common | #183 | |
| New Jersey | Common | #202 | |
| New York | Common | #242 | |
| North Carolina | Common | #210 | |
| North Dakota | Uncommon | #164 | |
| Northwest Territories | Uncommon | #123 | |
| Nova Scotia | Common | #198 | |
| Ohio | Common | #199 | |
| Oklahoma | Common | #205 | |
| Ontario | Common | #224 | |
| Oregon | Common | #269 | |
| Pennsylvania | Common | #197 | |
| Prince Edward Island | Rare | #126 | |
| Québec | Common | #208 | |
| Rhode Island | Uncommon | #168 | |
| Saskatchewan | Uncommon | #172 | |
| South Carolina | Common | #193 | |
| South Dakota | Rare | #196 | |
| Tennessee | Common | #189 | |
| Texas | Common | #343 | |
| Vermont | Common | #171 | |
| Virginia | Common | #221 | |
| Washington | Common | #251 | |
| West Virginia | Common | #156 | |
| Wisconsin | Common | #200 | |
| Wyoming | Rare | #194 | |
| Yukon | Rare | #134 |
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Field notes
What to look for
A crow-sized black woodpecker with a flaming red crest and white neck stripes; leaves rectangular holes in trees.
Where
Mature forest and old aspen in the foothills, boreal north and parkland; river valleys in Edmonton.
When
Year-round.
Tips
Nothing else is this big with a red crest. Loud wild laughing call.
Related species
Birds near it in Alberta's dex.
#150 · Common🐦Northern Flicker
#152 · Common🐦Downy Woodpecker
#149 · Common🐦Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
#153 · Uncommon🐦Belted Kingfisher
#148 · Uncommon🐦Red-naped Sapsucker
#154 · Uncommon
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