pileated
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of pileated
Example Sentences
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Above the patter of rain cascading through the jungle canopy comes the haunting call of a pileated gibbon singing to fend off intruders in Cambodia's Cardamom Mountains.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
As a small-scale songbird rehabilitator I am not equipped, for instance, to take on a pileated woodpecker, which can smash its way out of any enclosure not made of steel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
Better birders than I have already debunked the “sightings” as likely being of pileated woodpeckers or red-headed woodpeckers.
From Slate ● May 27, 2023
Anderson says “hard excavators,” such as the pileated woodpecker and northern flicker, will begin the process by hollowing out holes searching for insects.
From Seattle Times ● May 26, 2022
Instead, what had my entire town full of hope and big ideas was what one scientist described on the news as an extremely rare group of albino woodpeckers by the name of pileated.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
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