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Gila Woodpecker Sounds

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© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay Library Arizona

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California, May 01, 2012Recorded by Tom Johnson / Macaulay Library
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Arizona, April 11, 1988Recorded by Nigel Tucker / Macaulay Library
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Arizona, March 10, 2010Recorded by Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library
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Arizona, February 16, 2010Recorded by Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library
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Arizona, April 13, 2018Recorded by Hal Mitchell / Macaulay Library

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Calls

Gila Woodpeckers give a rolling series of notes on one pitch, similar to the commonest call of Red-bellied Woodpecker or Northern Flicker. Both sexes give this call, but males tend to call more frequently. Both sexes also give a higher-pitched series of piip notes, with females tending to give this call more frequently.

Other Sounds

Males sometimes drum against trunks and branches.

Compare with Similar Species

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Compare the Golden-fronted Woodpecker Male (Northern)  to the Gila Woodpecker

Golden-fronted Woodpecker

Compare the Gilded Flicker Male to the Gila Woodpecker

Compare the Gilded Flicker Female to the Gila Woodpecker

Compare the Northern Flicker Male (Red-shafted) to the Gila Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

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Woodpeckers(Order: Piciformes, Family: Picidae)

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