The pileated woodpecker is about the size of a crow, 16 to 19 inches long with a 29-inch wingspan. It is has a long neck and tail and is mostly black, with a prominent, bright red crest.

And with that, the pileated woodpecker flew off, retreating to a sycamore in her yard. Gallucci had her car back − but she didn't realize that neighborhood feathers would be flying soon.

But can I —" And with that, the pileated woodpecker flew off, retreating to a sycamore in her yard. Gallucci had her car back − but she didn't realize that neighborhood feathers would be ...

Several more clues were provided by a 30-year-old study reporting that the moult pattern for flight feathers coincided nicely with the presence of these anomalous "coppery" feathers (i.e.; ref).

Downy refers to the soft, white feathers located on a white stripe down its back. The downy woodpecker, measuring 5 to 6 inches tall, is the smallest of the woodpecker species that live in ...

Marcia Davis writes that the red-bellied woodpecker should have been named the zebra-striped woodpecker because its few red belly feathers are rarely seen.

Why would a woodpecker peck something other than wood? And what would you do with a woodpecker whose pecking is perturbing, perplexing and property-damaging? It's not a "Woody Woodpecker" episode ...