In flight a small white patch shows at the base ... Compare with the golden-fronted woodpecker, which has solid black central rectrices, lacks pink or red on the belly, and has a different pattern ...

Pileated woodpeckers are large ... When in the air, the species “has this distinctive undulating flight where they flap, flap, flap, then drop,” says Keith Barker, a bird researcher and ...

It also has a special weapon, a needled beak that enables it to probe deep into crevices for larvae and eggs of insects ...