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American Three-toed Woodpecker Sounds

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Alaska, June 24, 2006Recorded by Michael Andersen | Macaulay Library
Calls
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Alaska, June 24, 2006Recorded by Michael Andersen | Macaulay Library
Calls
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Colorado, June 01, 2012Recorded by Andrew Spencer
Calls
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Alaska, June 24, 2006Recorded by Gerrit Vyn | Macaulay Library
Drum
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Colorado, May 02, 2011Recorded by Andrew Spencer
Drum
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Maine, May 30, 2011Recorded by Andrew Spencer
Juvenile calls
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Colorado, June 27, 2011Recorded by Nathan Pieplow

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Calls

The most commonly heard calls are a sharp pik or nasal klimp. These calls are higher in pitch than similar calls of Black-backed. Both sexes also give a descending, fussy rattle like other small woodpeckers and recalling a kingfisher call, often delivered in flight. Birds performing displays together give a twittering call.

Other Sounds

This species drums frequently in spring, making a rapid drumming that fades toward the end. Sometimes drums with a slower cadence.

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Woodpeckers(Order: Piciformes, Family: Picidae)

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