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title: "Noord-Amerikaanse helmspecht"
description: "Dryocopus pileatus — Vogels. The pileated woodpecker ( PY-lee-ay-tid, PIL-ee-; Dryocopus pileatus) is a large, crow-sized woodpecker with a prominent red crest, white neck stripe, and a mostly black body."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/pileated-woodpecker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Noord-Amerikaanse helmspecht

> Dryocopus pileatus — Vogels. The pileated woodpecker ( PY-lee-ay-tid, PIL-ee-; Dryocopus pileatus) is a large, crow-sized woodpecker with a prominent red crest, white neck stripe, and a mostly black body.

- Scientific name: *Dryocopus pileatus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 96150
- Wikidata: [Q930712](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q930712)
- iNaturalist taxon: [17855](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/17855)

## Names

- en: Pileated Woodpecker
- de: Helmspecht
- es: Carpintero de cresta
- fr: Grand pic
- nl: Noord-Amerikaanse helmspecht
- pl: Dzięcioł smugoszyi

## Countries with the most observations

US (61503), CA (23226)

## Summary

The pileated woodpecker ( PY-lee-ay-tid, PIL-ee-; Dryocopus pileatus) is a large, crow-sized woodpecker with a prominent red crest, white neck stripe, and a mostly black body. This woodpecker is native to North America, where it is the largest confirmed extant woodpecker species and the third-largest extant species of woodpecker in the world, after the great slaty woodpecker and the black woodpecker. It inhabits deciduous forests in eastern North America, the Great Lakes, the boreal forests of Canada, and parts of the Pacific Coast. This woodpecker is primarily an insectivore, eating insects that live in trees; it…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pileated_woodpecker

## Photo

![Noord-Amerikaanse helmspecht](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pileated-woodpecker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Michael Naumoff · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54099132

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pileated-woodpecker?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).