Listen to the Lineated woodpecker
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About the Lineated woodpecker
The Lineated woodpecker is a bird in the family Picidae (order Piciformes). Adults weigh around 194 g.
What does the Lineated 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 call. 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 lineated woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus) is a very large woodpecker which is a resident breeding bird from southern Mexico to northern Argentina and Trinidad in the Caribbean.
Related birds in the genus Dryocopus
More from the family Picidae
Great spotted woodpecker
Dendrocopos major
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
Black-rumped flameback
Dinopium benghalense
Red-headed woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Acorn woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorus
Frequently asked questions
What does a Lineated woodpecker sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Lineated woodpecker on this page, including its call. 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.
What family does the Lineated woodpecker belong to?
The Lineated woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus) belongs to the family Picidae in the order Piciformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · San Francisco Echeverría, Cabañas, El Salvador by Cristian Eric Miranda – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1269603 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Lineated woodpecker – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Dario Sanches from São Paulo, Brasil – CC BY-SA 2.0