pileated

[ pahy-lee-ey-tid, pil-ee- ]

/ ˈpaɪ liˌeɪ tɪd, ˈpɪl i- /

crested.

Origin of pileated

First recorded in 1720–30; pileate + -ed²

The log-cock, or pileated woodpecker, the largest and wildest of our Northern species, I have never heard drum.

A Year in the Fields |John Burroughs
The Pileated Woodpecker is a beautiful bird of great size and strength.

Birds and Nature, Vol. 12 No. 4 [September 1902] |Various
Pileated woodpeckers, bald eagles and all the ducks are much more rare than formerly.

Our Vanishing Wild Life |William T. Hornaday
Strangely enough the Pileated's notes resemble those of the Flicker but are louder.

What Bird is That? |Frank M. Chapman

Probably red-headed, since the name was misapplied to a specimen of a pileated woodpecker.

Seven Mohave Myths |A. L. Kroeber