Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Catalan | picot de clatell daurat |
Czech | datel pestrohlavý |
Dutch | Goudnekspecht |
English | Golden-naped Woodpecker |
English (United States) | Golden-naped Woodpecker |
Finnish | keltaniskatikka |
French | Pic masqué |
French (France) | Pic masqué |
German | Buntkopfspecht |
Japanese | キエリミヤビゲラ |
Norwegian | gullnakkespett |
Polish | dzięciur żółtokarkowy |
Russian | Масковый дятел |
Serbian | Žutoglavi detlić |
Slovak | tesárik pestrohlavý |
Spanish | Carpintero Nuquigualdo |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Capintero Nuquidorado |
Spanish (Panama) | Carpintero Nuquidorado |
Spanish (Spain) | Carpintero nuquigualdo |
Swedish | guldnackad hackspett |
Turkish | Altın Enseli Ağaçkakan |
Ukrainian | Гіла маскова |
Golden-naped Woodpecker Melanerpes chrysauchen
Version: 1.0 — Published August 16, 2012
Diet and Foraging
Diet
The diet of Golden-naped Woodpecker is varied. They will chisel into decaying trunks and branches for grubs and beetles. They also capture insects on the wing; when winged broods of termites fills the air, these woodpeckers act as aerial flycatchers (Skutch 1948). Golden-naped Woodpeckers eat a variety of fruits, from the berries of melastomes, succulent bananas, and well-ripened plantains to the dry, green, pistillate spikes of the Cecropia tree and the hard fruits of pejibaye (Guilielma utilis). Golden-naped Woodpeckers also visit the nectar cups beneath the inflorescences of Marcgruvia, probably drinking nectar and capturing small insects (Skutch 1969).