Where Do Pileated Woodpeckers Actually Live in the US?
Pileated Woodpeckers live in 43 US states and are confirmed absent from 4 more, based on 4,656,764 verified iNaturalist and GBIF records. This page covers every state at once instead of one near-identical page per state.
By Tim, founder of Easy Street Markets. I maintain the wildlife database and verify every animal and source myself.
The states with the strongest confirmed populations are Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware and Florida, and 37 more. These are real, verified iNaturalist and GBIF occurrence records, not modeled range estimates.
Pileated Woodpeckers have zero confirmed wild sightings in Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii and Utah, despite tens of thousands of nationwide observation records for the species. That is a real, checked absence, not a missing page.
A small number of states (2) have only a handful of unverified or vagrant records, too few to confirm pileated woodpeckers as an established population there.
Confirmed states (43)
- pileated woodpeckers in Alabama
- pileated woodpeckers in Arkansas
- pileated woodpeckers in California
- pileated woodpeckers in Connecticut
- pileated woodpeckers in Delaware
- pileated woodpeckers in Florida
- pileated woodpeckers in Georgia
- pileated woodpeckers in Idaho
- pileated woodpeckers in Illinois
- pileated woodpeckers in Indiana
- pileated woodpeckers in Iowa
- pileated woodpeckers in Kansas
- pileated woodpeckers in Kentucky
- pileated woodpeckers in Louisiana
- pileated woodpeckers in Maine
- pileated woodpeckers in Maryland
- pileated woodpeckers in Massachusetts
- pileated woodpeckers in Michigan
- pileated woodpeckers in Minnesota
- pileated woodpeckers in Mississippi
- pileated woodpeckers in Missouri
- pileated woodpeckers in Montana
- pileated woodpeckers in Nebraska
- pileated woodpeckers in Nevada
- pileated woodpeckers in New Hampshire
- pileated woodpeckers in New York
- pileated woodpeckers in North Carolina
- pileated woodpeckers in North Dakota
- pileated woodpeckers in Ohio
- pileated woodpeckers in Oklahoma
- pileated woodpeckers in Oregon
- pileated woodpeckers in Pennsylvania
- pileated woodpeckers in Rhode Island
- pileated woodpeckers in South Carolina
- pileated woodpeckers in South Dakota
- pileated woodpeckers in Tennessee
- pileated woodpeckers in Texas
- pileated woodpeckers in Vermont
- pileated woodpeckers in Virginia
- pileated woodpeckers in Washington
- pileated woodpeckers in West Virginia
- pileated woodpeckers in Wisconsin
- pileated woodpeckers in Wyoming
Not found (4)
- Arizona
- Colorado
- Hawaii
- Utah
Unconfirmed (2)
Only a handful of unverified or vagrant records exist for pileated woodpeckers in Alaska, New Mexico, too few to confirm an established population.
Frequently asked questions
What states do pileated woodpeckers live in?+
Pileated Woodpeckers have confirmed wild populations in 43 US states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Where are pileated woodpeckers not found in the US?+
Pileated Woodpeckers have no confirmed wild sightings in Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii and Utah.