Gilded Flicker Sounds

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Sounds

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Arizona, May 22, 1999Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller / Macaulay Library
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Arizona, July 04, 2016Recorded by Rabecca Lausch / Macaulay Library
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Arizona, July 22, 2016Recorded by Rabecca Lausch / Macaulay Library
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Arizona, February 22, 2008Recorded by Nathan Pieplow

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Calls

Calls are very similar to those of the larger Northern Flicker: these include the long call (a burst of high-pitched notes on the same pitch, a bit like the similar call of a Pileated Woodpecker), a softer wick-a-wick-a-wick-a, a high, emphatic peah, and a burry vocalization, resembling a scolding wren call, that is sometimes given in flight.

Other Sounds

Flickers drum, like most other woodpeckers, to mark territory and/or nest site. Gilded Flickers produce a very short, rapid drum. Flickers make tapping sounds while excavating their nest cavity, and some of these appear to be ritualized displays, performed by both male and female, rather than related to the excavation work.