Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
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BirdsIn Franklin County, Ohio

Pileated Woodpecker

Dryocopus pileatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pileated Woodpecker in all of Ohio
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Family
Picidae
Genus
Dryocopus
Near Franklin County

Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 0 of Ohio's 88 counties. Its mapped range covers 44. Explore Ohio

  • No result yet (13)
  • Within its mapped range (6)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (53)
  • Recorded, season not shown (16)
  • Season shown (0)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Range: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Species Range Maps CONUS_2001 (2018). Show as a table
Counties as a table
Pileated Woodpecker by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecordsIn mapped range
Adams CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Allen CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Ashland CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Ashtabula CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Athens CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Auglaize CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Belmont CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Brown CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Butler County27 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Carroll CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Champaign CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Clark CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Clermont County35 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Clinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Columbiana CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Coshocton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Crawford CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Cuyahoga County221 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Darke CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Defiance CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Delaware CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Erie CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Fairfield CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Fayette CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Franklin County62 · Recorded, season not shownNo
Fulton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Gallia CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Geauga County32 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Greene County52 · Recorded, season not shownNo
Guernsey CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Hamilton County82 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Hancock CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Hardin CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Harrison CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Henry CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Highland CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Hocking CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Holmes CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Huron CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Jackson CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Jefferson CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Knox CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Lake County47 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Lawrence CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Licking CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Logan CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Lorain County32 · Recorded, season not shownNo
Lucas County35 · Recorded, season not shownNo
Madison CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Mahoning CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Marion CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Medina County24 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Meigs CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Mercer CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Miami CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Monroe CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Montgomery County47 · Recorded, season not shownNo
Morgan CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Morrow CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Muskingum CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Noble CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Ottawa CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Paulding CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Perry CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Pickaway CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Pike CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Portage County30 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Preble CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Putnam CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Richland CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Ross CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Sandusky CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Scioto CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Seneca CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Shelby CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Stark County33 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Summit County258 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Trumbull CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Tuscarawas CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Union CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Van Wert CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Vinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Warren County24 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Washington CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Wayne CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Williams CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Wood CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Wyandot CountyNo qualifying records yetNo

Season

When it is recorded

In Franklin County

Not enough evidence

The weeks are still too uncertain to show a season. Based on 62 records in 9 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
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Recording in Franklin County · records of all species each week, 95,840 in all

Records per week from 62 records in 9 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

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Records of Pileated Woodpecker in Franklin County each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of Pileated WoodpeckerYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–1011417
Jan 11–1700236
Jan 18–2432236
Jan 25–3100236
Feb 1–700244
Feb 8–1421360
Feb 15–2111270
Feb 22–2822401
Mar 1–722483
Mar 8–1411567
Mar 15–2122561
Mar 22–2822750
Mar 29 – Apr 4001,310
Apr 5–11321,456
Apr 12–18112,408
Apr 19–25222,525
Apr 26 – May 2632,812
May 3–9332,785
May 10–16112,381
May 17–23222,651
May 24–30422,735
May 31 – Jun 6432,861
Jun 7–13332,986
Jun 14–20002,980
Jun 21–27113,051
Jun 28 – Jul 4323,121
Jul 5–11003,399
Jul 12–18003,754
Jul 19–25003,305
Jul 26 – Aug 1003,347
Aug 2–8003,803
Aug 9–15113,507
Aug 16–22003,137
Aug 23–29213,249
Aug 30 – Sep 5003,487
Sep 6–12113,215
Sep 13–19003,368
Sep 20–26002,586
Sep 27 – Oct 3003,624
Oct 4–10002,701
Oct 11–17002,107
Oct 18–24111,201
Oct 25–31001,123
Nov 1–700789
Nov 8–1400798
Nov 15–2111468
Nov 22–2833522
Nov 29 – Dec 500225
Dec 6–1211234
Dec 13–1900392
Dec 20–2611254
Dec 27 – Jan 222422

In Ohio

Recorded all year

Recorded through most of the year, so there is no single season to show. Based on 1,667 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
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Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 1,667 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

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Records of Pileated Woodpecker in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of Pileated WoodpeckerYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–103386,211
Jan 11–172795,146
Jan 18–243474,645
Jan 25–3135104,698
Feb 1–73186,023
Feb 8–144395,888
Feb 15–212995,436
Feb 22–284196,846
Mar 1–73298,321
Mar 8–1445810,384
Mar 15–2150912,620
Mar 22–2835713,949
Mar 29 – Apr 444819,661
Apr 5–1157926,860
Apr 12–18481039,925
Apr 19–2552941,623
Apr 26 – May 260956,391
May 3–976952,952
May 10–1691953,785
May 17–2365957,698
May 24–3065954,651
May 31 – Jun 652953,099
Jun 7–1337753,700
Jun 14–2025956,625
Jun 21–27331055,361
Jun 28 – Jul 426858,477
Jul 5–1117961,336
Jul 12–1817764,722
Jul 19–2514769,753
Jul 26 – Aug 114859,416
Aug 2–817759,712
Aug 9–1512555,994
Aug 16–229654,328
Aug 23–2917751,772
Aug 30 – Sep 512757,167
Sep 6–1223859,075
Sep 13–1918854,543
Sep 20–2616745,860
Sep 27 – Oct 314743,180
Oct 4–1022737,841
Oct 11–1714630,824
Oct 18–2416621,156
Oct 25–3116819,021
Nov 1–725914,172
Nov 8–1431712,621
Nov 15–211577,965
Nov 22–282288,136
Nov 29 – Dec 52396,083
Dec 6–122296,004
Dec 13–192665,423
Dec 20–262495,661
Dec 27 – Jan 24598,459

What these results show

These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.

Identification

How to identify it

Telling it apart

From what Ohio’s records show. Only what the records support is shown.

Often confused with

  • Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus172 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus72 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus69 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus63 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius56 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant

From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.

When it is heard

Reported with a sound recording, too few times for a season.

From 2 iNaturalist records with a sound recording. Sounds are not kept or played here. Listen on iNaturalist (opens in a new tab)

Land cover where it is recorded

Land coverIts recordsAll Ohio records
Developed45%49%
Forest45%31%
Wetland5%5%
Farmland4%11%
Open water1%3%
Grassland and shrub0.1%0.9%

From 787 records placed within 100 m, beside all Ohio records placed the same way. People record where they go, so this shows where records come from, not where the species lives. Land cover: USGS Annual NLCD, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Where these results come from

  • Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
  • Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
  • See it on iNaturalist (opens in a new tab)OpenPhenology is independent and not affiliated with iNaturalist.

Records behind the Ohio result

1,667 records from 2 datasets.

To cite: the GBIF download doi:10.15468/dl.y2jkt8 (opens in a new tab).

A spreadsheet (CSV) with a link to each record, on iNaturalist or GBIF. Records whose location was hidden by the observer or the source are counted but not linked.