Pileated woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
ok. 44,5 cmDorosły ptak
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- Mass
- 250–350 gObie płcie — Cornell
Pileated woodpecker — size comparison
The pileated woodpecker needs forests with large trees and insect-inhabited wood. It breaks into trunks to find ants and larvae, leaving large holes. Feeding si
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approx. 44.5 cm
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Pileated woodpecker — size comparison — facts and sources
The pileated woodpecker needs forests with large trees and insect-inhabited wood. It breaks into trunks to find ants and larvae, leaving large holes. Feeding signs may be easier to find than the bird travelling between parts of its extensive territory.
A pair may maintain its bond and use the same area for a long time. It excavates a spacious breeding cavity. Abandoned chambers later become available to other birds and mammals, so its work creates shelters important to many forest inhabitants.
It feeds mainly on animals but also gathers fruit. In parks it occurs chiefly where sufficiently large trees and natural food resources remain.