A male Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) swoops up into a tree at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge. According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the average wingspan of a Pileated Woodpecker is 26–29.5 inches (66–75 cm). The average body length is 15.7–19.3 inches (40–49 cm).