Avibase: Melanerpes pulcher (Beautiful Woodpecker)

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Beautiful Woodpecker

Melanerpes pulcher Sclater, PL 1870

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Beautiful Woodpecker - Melanerpes pulcher	Dumar Ronaldo Márquez Correa	2026-05-09	, Santander (Colombia)	-	657061001 macaulaylibrary.org
Beautiful Woodpecker - Melanerpes pulcher	Ross Gallardy	2017-01-01	San Francisco, Antioquia (Reserva Río Claro), Antioquia (Colombia) (320 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes	354132 xeno-canto.org
Beautiful Woodpecker - Melanerpes pulcher	Carlos Delgado JUMABITA	2026-01-20	Los Potrillos, San Luís, Antioquia, San Luis (Colombia) (750 m)	- [sono]	1074989 xeno-canto.org
Beautiful Woodpecker - Melanerpes pulcher	Fabrice Schmitt	0000-00-00	El Paujil ProAves reserve, Santander (Colombia) (250 m)	call (A) - after playback	102664 xeno-canto.org
Beautiful Woodpecker - Melanerpes pulcher	Andrew Spencer	30-06-2011	Bellavista Reserve, Victoria, Caldas, Caldas (Colombia) (950 m)	call (A) - two call types from a pair of birds in response to playback.	82504 xeno-canto.org
Beautiful Woodpecker - Melanerpes pulcher	Andrew Spencer	2011-06-30	Reserva Bellavista, Caldas, Colombia, Caldas (Colombia)	- two call types from a pair of birds in response to playback.	69604491 macaulaylibrary.org
Beautiful Woodpecker - Melanerpes pulcher	Andrew Spencer	30-06-2011	Bellavista Reserve, Victoria, Caldas, Caldas (Colombia) (950 m)	call (B) - second call type from one of the pair in XC82504, given in flight. Response to playback.	82505 xeno-canto.org
Beautiful Woodpecker - Melanerpes pulcher	Glenn Seeholzer	2018-07-14	Finca de Don Oliverio, Santander, Colombia, Santander (Colombia)	- Pair recorded from nest tree; a large, dead trunk 10 m high without any branches in the middle of an open pasture. Male of pair collected (GFS1038 / IAvH-A-16841).	109442341 macaulaylibrary.org
Beautiful Woodpecker - Melanerpes pulcher	Bernardo José Jiménez Mejía	2024-03-31	, Caldas (Colombia)	-	616881224 macaulaylibrary.org
Beautiful Woodpecker - Melanerpes pulcher	Iván Lau	2019-05-24	Vía El Palacio De Los Frijoles (6.015, -75.14), Antioquia, Colombia, Antioquia (Colombia)	-	170565561 macaulaylibrary.org
Beautiful Woodpecker - Melanerpes pulcher	Max Buckley	2025-11-29	, Boyacá (Colombia)	-	652069853 macaulaylibrary.org
Beautiful Woodpecker - Melanerpes pulcher	Daniel Uribe-Restrepo BIRDING TOURS COLOMBIA	2018-12-02	RN Bellavista, Caldas, Colombia, Caldas (Colombia)	- A pair came close (<12m from microphone), in response to playback. Not known if this was the vocalization of the male or female. Birds stood briefly on top of dead snag, some 7m above ground.	137210841 macaulaylibrary.org
Beautiful Woodpecker - Melanerpes pulcher	Carlos E. Delgado (JUMABITA)	2026-01-20	, Antioquia (Colombia)	-	649685062 macaulaylibrary.org
Beautiful Woodpecker - Melanerpes pulcher	Colby Neuman	2025-01-21	, Antioquia (Colombia)	-	638307690 macaulaylibrary.org
Beautiful Woodpecker - Melanerpes pulcher	Jerome Fischer	2018-07-15	Rio Claro, Doradal, Antioquia, Antioquia (Colombia) (400 m)	call, male - bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes	425530 xeno-canto.org
Beautiful Woodpecker - Melanerpes pulcher	Jerome Fischer	2018-07-15	Rio Claro, Doradal, Antioquia, Antioquia (Colombia) (400 m)	call, male - bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes	425532 xeno-canto.org

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