Talk:Pileated woodpecker

Folk names

See Ivory-billed Discussion for a rather lengthy discussion (with references) of folk names applied to the Pileated and the Ivory-billed Woodpeckers. This needs to be summarized and incorporated into both articles. Summary: the Pileated Woodpecker was, and is still, referred to as the Lord God Bird in the Southeastern United States. The name appears to be a corruption of logcock, referring to propensity of the Pileated to feed on downed logs. The Ivory-billed was known as logcock as well, but there is no evidence in the printed sources I can find that it was ever widely known as Lord God Bird. I need to check recent works (Race to Save the Lord God Bird and Gallagher's The Grail Bird) to see if they have any further information on the folk names. I have checked several other authoritative works, and they all seem to support Lord God Bird as a folk name for the Pileated, not the Ivory-bill. --Cotinis 03:30, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

In Mississippi and probably over a much larger area the pileated woodpecker is known as an Indian hen. The name Good God is retained in folk memory and may have been applied to either the Indian hen or the pileated woodpecker.70.233.138.5 (talk) 02:45, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

I happened to be reading "Letters From Alabama" by Philip Henry Gosse, a trained English zoologist who spent a year near Selma, Alabama in 1858 observing flora and fauna. He says that local people called both the pileated and ivory billed woodpeckers "logcocks", and says that neither is rare but that the pileated is much more common. He states that another authority of the time is of the opinion that the diet of the ivory billed woodpecker consists entirely of grubs but that he knows this is not correct as he personally killed two and found they had been feeding heavily on black cherries.70.233.136.52 (talk) 04:05, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Woody Woodpecker?!

He has a red face. Is actually Red-headed Woodpecker with tuft added for drama. Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 19:31, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

The Red-headed Woodpecker article seems to agree with you, but the Ivory Billed Woodpecker article says he's one of those. this certianly needs to be cleared up. Michael1115 (talk) 15:39, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Woody Woodpecker is a cartoon character, and his salient characteristic is his annoying behavior to humans. Statements from his creators indicate that Woody was inspired by the nuisance behavior of the acorn woodpecker. (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101665227). Woody's appearance is what a team of cartoonists decades ago agreed was "woodpeckery" and doesn't really represent the plumage of a real species, but probably most people figured that out a long time ago without needing to do research. Pileateds are shy and are not generally considered nuisances by humans. 70.146.174.69 (talk) 15:49, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

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circular description

"The flight of these birds is strong and direct, but undulates in the way characteristic of woodpeckers."

That tells me that woodpecker flight undulates like woodpecker flight. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:CA10:18A0:0:0:0:6D6 (talk) 00:58, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

They aren't extinct

The article has been edited a few times now, labelling them as extinct. I'm fairly certain due to these articles emerging regarding the USA declaring 23 species as extinct. One of these species is the ivory-billed woodpecker, a related species to the pileated woodpecker because they almost look the same, but they are not the same. I can promise that the pileated woodpeckers are not extinct, I seen one a month ago in a local park here in Southern Ontario, Canada. Jebbles (talk) 10:05, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Most definitely not extinct. The Christmas bird count spotted 86 of them in my city last year, the second-most common woodpecker https://www.edmontonchristmasbirdcount.ca/results.html Meters (talk) 04:48, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

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'Status' section

Hi folks,

I'm not sure how necessary the section labelled 'Status' in this article is. The overall tone of the paragraph doesn't, in my opinion, fit the Wikipedia "encyclopedic style," and Status isn't generally a header I've seen on other bird pages.

I don't have a strong opinion either way, but wanted to ask here before either trying to rewrite the section or removing it. DuckWrangler97 (talk) 00:58, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Incorrect distribution map

Pileated woodpeckers are found in Texas, and the map doesn’t show this. A better map could be used. 174.226.168.23 (talk) 21:01, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

Looks correct to me. Compare with the one in the IUCN reference. Both maps show this species in eastern Texas. - UtherSRG (talk) 22:19, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

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