What is "pileated woodpecker"

Pileate \Pi"le*ate\, Pileated \Pi"le*a`ted\, a. [L. pileatus, fr. pileus a felt cap or hat.]

1. Having the form of a cap for the head.

2. (Zo["o]l.) Having a crest covering the pileus, or whole top of the head.

   Pileated woodpecker (Zo["o]l.), a large American woodpecker ( Ceophloeus pileatus). It is black, with a bright red pointed crest. Called also logcock, and woodcock.

n. A large woodpecker native to North America, ''Dryocopus pileatus''

The pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) is a large woodpecker native to North America. Roughly crow-sized, it normally inhabits deciduous forests in eastern North America, the Great Lakes, the boreal forests of Canada, and parts of the Pacific coast. It is the largest woodpecker in the United States, second to the critically endangered ivory-billed woodpecker.