Listen to the Powerful woodpecker
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About the Powerful woodpecker
The Powerful woodpecker is a bird in the family Picidae (order Piciformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Powerful woodpecker sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as drumming. 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 powerful woodpecker (Campephilus pollens) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
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 Powerful woodpecker sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Powerful woodpecker on this page, including its drumming. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Powerful woodpecker endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Powerful woodpecker as “least concern”.
What family does the Powerful woodpecker belong to?
The Powerful woodpecker (Campephilus pollens) belongs to the family Picidae in the order Piciformes.
Sources & credits
- Drumming · Zamora-Chinchipe: above Río Blanco, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1270221 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Powerful woodpecker – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Francesco Veronesi from Italy – CC BY-SA 2.0