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Dryocopus pileatus
Pileated Woodpecker
Little River Canyon National Preserve
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Common

Scientific Name with Authority:		Dryocopus pileatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Pileated Woodpecker
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Piciformes, Family Picidae, Genus Dryocopus, Species Dryocopus pileatus


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:		AL: SP
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		AL: S5
Evidence:		23 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 2 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park	Acadia National Park
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site	Anacostia Park
Antietam National Battlefield	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park	Arkansas Post National Memorial
Baltimore-Washington National Parkway	Big Cypress National Preserve
Big Hole National Battlefield	Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Big Thicket National Preserve	Biscayne National Park
Blue Ridge Parkway	Bluestone National Scenic River
Booker T. Washington National Monument	Buffalo National River
Canaveral National Seashore	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site	Catoctin Mountain Park
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Colonial National Historical Park	Congaree National Park
Cowpens National Battlefield	Crater Lake National Park
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park	Cumberland Island National Seashore
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Effigy Mounds National Monument	Eisenhower National Historic Site
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site	Everglades National Park
First State National Historical Park	Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fort Circle Parks	Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Fort Frederica National Monument	Fort Matanzas National Monument
Fort Necessity National Battlefield	Fort Pulaski National Monument
Fort Washington Park	Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
Friendship Hill National Historic Site	Gauley River National Recreation Area
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Gettysburg National Military Park
Glacier National Park	Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park	Grand Portage National Monument
Great Falls Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Greenbelt Park	Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Harmony Hall
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park	Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park	Hot Springs National Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Isle Royale National Park
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument	Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	Kings Mountain National Military Park
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area	Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lava Beds National Monument	Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial	Mammoth Cave National Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site	Minute Man National Historical Park
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Monocacy National Battlefield
Moores Creek National Battlefield	Mount Rainier National Park
Muir Woods National Monument	Natchez Trace Parkway
National Capital Parks-East	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Nez Perce National Historical Park	Ninety Six National Historic Site
Obed Wild and Scenic River	Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
Olympic National Park	Oregon Caves National Monument
Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run	Oxon Run National Parkway
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	Pea Ridge National Military Park
Petersburg National Battlefield	Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Pipestone National Monument	Piscataway Park
Point Reyes National Seashore	Prince William Forest Park
Redwood National Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	Russell Cave National Monument
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	San Juan Island National Historical Park
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	Shenandoah National Park
Shiloh National Military Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Stones River National Battlefield	Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial	Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
Valley Forge National Historical Park	Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
Vicksburg National Military Park	Voyageurs National Park
Weir Farm National Historical Park	Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
Whitman Mission National Historic Site	Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts	Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park


Last Modified Date:	1/17/2007

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