The Feather Atlas - Feather Identification and Scans - U.S. Fish and ...
Feather 2: N/A : Feather 2: N/A : Latin Name: Feather 3: N/A : Feather 3: N/A ... Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus Rectrices Female Adult Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber ...
Pileated Woodpecker | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Not counting the possibly extinct Ivory-billed Woodpecker, the largest North American Woodpecker is the Pileated (Dryocopus pileatus). The word pileated refers to the red cap of feathers found from the bill to the nape of the Pileated's head.
The Feather Atlas - Feather Identification and Scans - U.S. Fish and ...
The Feather Atlas - Feather Identification and Scans - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Forensics Laboratory. Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus - Adult - Female. Scan ID: 61845.
The Feather Atlas - Feather Identification and Scans - U.S. Fish and ...
Oct 30, 2024 · THE FEATHER ATLAS is an image database dedicated to the identification and study of the flight feathers of North American birds. The feathers illustrated are from the curated collection of the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory.
woodpecker (RCW) is a small bird measuring about 7 inches in length. Identifiable by its white cheek patch and black and white barred back, the males have a few red feathers, or “cockade”. These red feathers usually remain hidden underneath black feathers between the black crown and white cheek patch unless the male is disturbed or excited ...
Ivory-billed Woodpecker - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The Ivory-billed Woodpecker is noted for its striking black-and-white plumage; robust white, chisel-tipped bill; lemon-yellow eye; and pointed crest. Males are red from the nape to the top of their crest with black outlining the front of the crest.
Red-cockaded Woodpecker - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Red-cockaded woodpeckers makes their homes in mature pine forests. While other woodpeckers bore out cavities in dead trees where the wood is rotten and soft, the red-cockaded woodpecker is the only one which excavates cavities that are exclusively in living pine trees.
Pileated woodpecker | FWS.gov
Jan 25, 2024 · Pileated woodpecker on the side of a brown tree trunk where you can see it is creating a nesting cavity. The bird is all black except having a bright red crest and white stripes running from the head down the neck.
Downlisting of Red-cockaded Woodpecker from Endangered to …
Oct 24, 2024 · The red-cockaded woodpecker remains a threatened species, at risk of becoming endangered again due to habitat loss, random events like hurricanes, ice storms, and wildfires as well as the challenges posed by small population sizes.
Pileated Woodpecker - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Pileated Woodpecker. Image Details. FWS Focus. overview characteristics geography timeline information & media contact.