Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) October 30, 2018 637 × 425 NY Birds Gallery Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus), June 2015, Ward Pound Ridge. Upstate breeder. Summer, upstate. Forests. Needs mature forest with dead and downed trees. This individual observed at Ward Pound Ridge, Westchester, New York.