Listen to the Golden-tailed woodpecker
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About the Golden-tailed woodpecker
The Golden-tailed woodpecker is a bird in the family Picidae (order Piciformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 4 g.
What does the Golden-tailed woodpecker sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as campethera abingoni, roep, pretoria, b and a. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The golden-tailed woodpecker (Campethera abingoni) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. Its specific name commemorates the 5th Earl of Abingdon. It belongs to a species complex that includes the Knysna woodpecker to the south of its range, and the mostly allopatric Mombasa woodpecker to the northeast, with which it perhaps hybridizes.
More from the family Picidae
Great spotted woodpecker
Dendrocopos major
Black woodpecker
Dryocopus martius
Eurasian wryneck
Jynx torquilla
European green woodpecker
Picus viridis
Lesser spotted woodpecker
Dryobates minor
Grey-headed woodpecker
Picus canus
Eurasian three-toed woodpecker
Picoides tridactylus
Northern flicker
Colaptes auratus
Pileated woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Black-rumped flameback
Dinopium benghalense
Red-headed woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Acorn woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorus
Frequently asked questions
What does a Golden-tailed woodpecker sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Golden-tailed woodpecker on this page, including its campethera abingoni, roep and pretoria. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Golden-tailed woodpecker endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Golden-tailed woodpecker as “least concern”.
What family does the Golden-tailed woodpecker belong to?
The Golden-tailed woodpecker (Campethera abingoni) belongs to the family Picidae in the order Piciformes.
Sources & credits
- Campethera abingoni, roep, Pretoria, b by JMK – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Campethera abingoni, roep, Pretoria, a by JMK – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1273813 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Golden-tailed woodpecker – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by https://www.flickr.com/photos/dkeats/ – CC BY 2.0