Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Czech | datel světlezobý |
Dutch | Koningsspecht |
English | Pale-billed Woodpecker |
English (United States) | Pale-billed Woodpecker |
French | Pic à bec clair |
French (France) | Pic à bec clair |
German | Königspecht |
Japanese | ズアカエボシゲラ |
Norwegian | mayaspett |
Polish | dzięcioł jasnodzioby |
Russian | Королевский дятел |
Serbian | Svetlokljuna žuna |
Slovak | chochlák bledozobý |
Spanish | Picamaderos Piquiclaro |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Carpintero Picoplata |
Spanish (Honduras) | Carpintero Copetón Cara Roja |
Spanish (Mexico) | Carpintero Pico Plateado |
Spanish (Panama) | Carpintero Picoplata |
Spanish (Spain) | Picamaderos piquiclaro |
Swedish | mayaspett |
Turkish | Soluk Gagalı Ağaçkakan |
Ukrainian | Дятел-кардинал світлодзьобий |
Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2009
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Behavior
Introduction
Foraging behavior
The Pale-billed Woodpecker primarily forages on the trunks of large trees and on the larger limbs. Most foraging is in the mid and upper stories of forest, although sometimes they forage closer to the ground, on low stumps and on logs (Slud 1964, Short 1982, Winkler and Christie 2002). This woodpecker excavates decaying wood for food, and also forages by using the bill to scale bark off of dead wood.
Roosting behavior
Pale-billed Woodpeckers roost solitarily in large cavities, similar to the holes used for nesting (Skutch 1969). The same roost cavity may be used for periods of at least several months (Skutch 1969).
Territoriality
No information.
Sexual Behavior
Little information. The Pale-billed Woodpecker is monogamous, or at least socially monogamous.
Social and interspecific behavior
The Pale-billed Woodpecker usually forages as solitarily, or as loosely-associated pairs. It is not reported to associate with mixed species flocks.
Predation
Little information. Cavities excavated by Pale-billed Woodpeckers are used by other species, especially by Collared Aracaris (Pteroglossus torquatus). The aracaris do not only use old woodpecker cavities, but also have been observed to usurp a cavity under excavation by a mated pair (Kilham 1977b).