Pileated Woodpecker

The pileated woodpecker is the largest woodpecker in North America. At average over 16 inches long and a 29 inch wingspan they are slightly smaller then an American crow. Pileated woodpeckers can be found through out Canada, and the eastern and northern United States. The pileated is an omnivore. It primarily eats ants, termites and insect larva that it finds by boring into wood. The wholes that they excavate are usually rectangular in shape and are often very deep. Pileated will also eat fruit and nuts.