Pelatuk (Woodpeckers)
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
- umum
- 28 km/h
- Pemula
- Risiko rendah
Crow-sized hammer with a flaming red crest. Leaves rectangular holes in trees the size of mailboxes.
- Populasi
- ~2.6 million mature individuals (North America; 95% CI 2.4-2.9 million), population increasing
- Habitat
- Mature deciduous and coniferous forests with large dead trees and downed logs; also suburban woodlots and second-growth forest with enough big trees; occupies boreal, temperate, and subtropical/tropical dry forest types plus some urban/rural areas from sea level to 2,300 m
- Fakta menarik
- The Pileated Woodpecker excavates large, distinctively rectangular holes in dead trees while foraging for carpenter ants, and these abandoned cavities are later reused as nest or shelter sites by owls, tree-nesting ducks, swifts, and even raccoons and bats.
- Sebaran
- Eastern North America (Great Lakes region, Appalachians, Southeast), across the Canadian boreal forest, and a separate population along the Pacific Coast (British Columbia to Northern California); largely non-migratory, year-round resident. Extent of occurrence ~13.4 million km2 across Canada and the USA.
- Makanan
- Primarily carpenter ants and wood-boring beetle larvae excavated from dead wood; also eats other insects, wild fruits (including poison ivy berries), nuts, and berries, and will visit suet feeders
- Ukuran
- 0,44 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,7 m
- Masa hidup
- 6 tahun
