Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
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
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Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Vocalizations
A frequent call of Golden-naped Woodpecker is a resonant churr with a peculiar, pleasant quality; this call often is given with a deep bow (Skutch 1969). This call becomes lower and drier when the bird is agitated (Skutch 1969). Another call is "a short, loud, rattling or laughing trill, 3-5 times in rapid succession on the same pitch" (Stiles and Skutch 1989).
For a representative audio recording with sonogram, see audio
Nestlings utter a "sharp, buzzy squeak, or a loud sizzling sound" (Skutch 1969).
Additional audio recordings of vocalizations of Golden-naped Woodpecker can be heard at Macaulay Library and at xeno-canto.
Nonvocal Sounds
Both sexes drum occasionally; the drum is described as "a short tatoo" (Skutch 1969).