pileated woodpecker
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pileated woodpecker
An Americanism dating back to 1775–85
Example Sentences
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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
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
It could have been a related species, the pileated woodpecker.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2021
But the men are adamant that they got a crystal-clear look at the distinctive wing markings that distinguish an ivory-bill from its most similar relative, the pileated woodpecker.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
The log cock, or pileated woodpecker, the largest and wildest of our Northern species, I have never heard drum.
From Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers by John Burroughs
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