Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus (Linnaeus, 1758)    Synonyms: Logcock, PIWO, Wood God, Woodhen.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Chordata   >   Class Aves   >   Order Piciformes   >   Family Picidae   >   Genus Dryocopus   

Status:

Common year-round resident throughout the state.

There are 466 records in the project database.

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Calling at Tuckahoe SP, Caroline Co., Maryland (3/25/2012). - Bill Hubick.

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A male Pileated Woodpecker at Perryville Community Park, Cecil Co., Maryland (11/20/2011). Photo by Mark Johnson. (MBP list)

A male Pileated Woodpecker in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/14/2014). Photo by Jon Corcoran. (MBP list)

A Pileated Woodpecker in Harford Co., Maryland (1/25/2018). Photo by Mary Sweet. (MBP list)

A female Pileated Woodpecker in Howard Co., Maryland (5/26/2016). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

Pileated Woodpeckers in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/13/2017). Photo by Emily Carter Mitchell. (MBP list)

A Pileated Woodpecker in Kent Co., Maryland (5/15/2018). Photo by Nancy Wyman. (MBP list)

A female Pileated Woodpecker in Baltimore Co., Maryland (11/22/2012). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

A female Pileated Woodpecker in Howard Co., Maryland (5/14/2017). Photo by Kevin Heffernan. (MBP list)

A female Pileated Woodpecker in Kent Co., Maryland (9/8/2014). Photo by Nancy Martin. (MBP list)

Pileated Woodpecker in Prince George's Co., Maryland (3/7/2021). (c) Carrie Seltzer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Carrie Seltzer via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A female Pileated Woodpecker in Kent Co., Maryland (4/21/2017). Photo by Nancy Wyman. (MBP list)

A female Pileated Woodpecker in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (1/11/2011). Photo by Danny Poet. (MBP list)

Pileated Woodpecker in Montgomery Co., Maryland (2/21/2021). (c) pablo_vidal-ribas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by pablo_vidal-ribas via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Pileated Woodpecker in Howard Co., Maryland (12/27/2014). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

A Pileated Woodpecker at Susquehanna SP, Harford Co., Maryland (4/1/2012). Photo by Mark Johnson. (MBP list)

A female Pileated Woodpecker in Harford Co., Maryland (1/19/2018). Photo by Mark Johnson. (MBP list)

Pileated Woodpeckers in Montgomery Co., Maryland (11/4/2017). Photo by Justin Lee. (MBP list)

Male (left) and female (right) Pileated Woodpecker nestlings in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/20/2016). Photo by Andrew Clemens. (MBP list)

A Pileated Woodpecker in Cecil Co., Maryland (11/26/2019). Photo by Mark Johnson. (MBP list)

Pileated Woodpecker in Washington Co., Maryland (11/28/2020). (c) inat_ash, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by inat_ash via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Pileated Woodpecker in Talbot Co., Maryland (6/4/2018). (c) jared_satchell, all rights reserved. Photo by Jared Satchell. (MBP list)

A Pileated Woodpecker in Carroll Co., Maryland (11/17/2018). Photo by Mark Johnson. (MBP list)

A Pileated Woodpecker and an Eastern Ratsnake declare a truce in Howard Co., Maryland (5/19/2015). Photo by Howard Patterson. (MBP list)

A Pileated Woodpecker forages on an ash tree infested with Emerald Ash Borers in Howard Co., Maryland (3/3/2017). Photo by Sue Muller. (MBP list)

Pileated Woodpecker in Montgomery Co., Maryland (3/9/2021). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Pileated Woodpecker in Montgomery Co., Maryland (1/8/2021). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Pileated Woodpecker in Montgomery Co., Maryland (12/10/2020). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Pileated Woodpecker in Montgomery Co., Maryland (12/18/2020). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Evidence of Pileated Woodpecker in Garrett Co., Maryland (2/11/2017). Photo by Boyer and McDowell. (MBP list)

A Pileated Woodpecker inspecting a nesting cavity in Harford Co., Maryland (3/17/2017). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Evidence of a Pileated Woodpecker in Kent Co., Maryland (3/30/2018). Photo by Matt Redman. (MBP list)

A baby Pileated Woodpecker in rehabilitation in Pasadena, Maryland (5/24/2015). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Pileated Woodpecker in Montgomery Co., Maryland (3/4/2021). (c) Ron Wertz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA). Photo by Ron Wertz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)


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