The pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) name refers to the bird's prominent red crest, derived from the Latin pileatus meaning capped. The second-largest woodpecker in North America – after the critically endangered ivory-billed woodpecker – it is nearly the size of a crow, with black with bold white stripes down the neck and a flaming-red crest. The Pileated woodpecker often chips out large and roughly rectangular holes in trees while searching for insects, especially wood-boring beetle larvae and carpenter ants. It also eat fruits, nuts, and berries, including poison ivy berries.
