Pileated Woodpecker Calls: Learn 4 common sounds (including their drumming)
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- In this video, you will learn how to identify 4 common CALLS and SOUNDS of a Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus), including what it sounds like when they drum against a tree!
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HERE ARE THE FOUR MOST COMMON CALLS THAT PILEATED WOODPECKERS MAKE:
00:15 SOUND #1: “cuk-cuk-cuk-cuk-cuk"
Listen for a loud series of “cuk-cuk-cuk-cuk-cuk" calls that lasts several seconds.
The call typically rises in pitch and volume, before falling towards the end.
This sound is often confused with a Northern Flicker, but a Pileated Woodpecker’s call is typically deeper and less even in tone.
00:43 SOUND #2: “wuk, wuk”
Pileated Woodpeckers use this call for a variety of purposes, such as territory disputes or alarm calls.
Sometimes it is strung together consecutively, while other times it is much shorter.
01:00 SOUND #3: Interaction calls
This sound is typically heard when Pileated Woodpeckers are interacting together.
In my opinion, it sounds more like a monkey in a rainforest than a woodpecker!
01:15 SOUND #4: Drumming
A Pileated Woodpeckers drum is a slow and deep rolling sound that lasts around 3 seconds.
Drumming is used by both sexes for a variety of purposes, including courtship, establishing territories, and as an alarm call.
Hollow trees are often used to make the sound resonate louder.
Credit for Recordings
Macaulay Library at the Cornell
Lab of Ornithology.
Recordists: Arthur A. Allen, Dave Herr, Wil Hershberger, Jay McGowan
Images used under license
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I played these while sitting outside and got an answer from a large male!!!! TOO COOL!!!!!!
I played this at full volume & realized how many woodpeckers we have, they went nuts. I’m familiar with the drumming but didn’t know their calls. When my child was two she called them Pecker heads. Not wrong!
Have heard the pleated woodpecker in the foothills and high desert woodlands of North Tucson.
*pilated
Okay, one more try-pileated, lol!
I have period woodpeckers in my area I have about 8
😂
I just had one in my neighbors yard. I ran to get my binoculars and then to your channel to verify. It's a good day.
I'm in west central Florida and I have a pair of these guys in the wooded vacant lot next to my house. I love to watch them getting food from the trees 🥰
I have been trying to figure out what kind of bird that was making those noises. Thank you for that.
I live in North Alabama, I was woke up by one drumming this morning. Thanks for the info!
I'm out on the Olympic peninsula in Washington State. Feel very blessed to have one or two pair of these beautiful birds around my house at nesting time each year.
Yay! Are pileateds numerous there? Or more dispersed--as in drier parts of the West.
I hear these guys almost daily, especially in the morning. I've only seen them a handful of times, though. I often wonder if they're just teasing😅
I've not only heard the calls and drumming but have several pictures and video of them in my backyard. I'm very blessed to have them and 3-4 other species of woodpeckers that nest and eat in the forest around my house.
Love these guys, lots of giant rectangular holes on the standing dead trees here
Where is this? In north Idaho, we'd see those giant rectangles mostly in big Western Red Cedar, not in the other conifers. The WRCs resist bark beetles, but parts of them die and are colonized by Carpenter Ants--a bird's favorite food. The tall, hollowed (but alive) WRCs are favorites for drumming, too.
I hear the drumming at around 6 .30 am each morning..it's Spring time in Toronto. Didn't know which bird was making the sound ..but I do remember seeing a couple of beautiful woodpeckers on the trees nearby. Thank you for the amazing recordings 👌👌😃
I didn't know it was the same Bird making all of the sounds. Thank you.
We saw and heard these beautiful birds several times a day for a couple this Spring. I see and hear them thu out the summer in the woods by the river, in Shakopee, MN.
I've heard them many times but finally got to see one through my window in a blooming tree. The red is vibrant, and the gliding fly is awesome.
My husband and I just bought a home in mountains of East Tn and we have a couple of these birds that come and feed off our bird feeder most mornings. They are beautiful birds to watch. And YES, I have heard all of those sounds. They do that Wuk, Wuk sound right before they come swooping in for their food. It's really quite something to experience. Thank you for your video.
I was very fortunate this summer to see these lovely birds when my family went camping. There were quite a few of them especially early in the mornings! Beautiful birds to see in person
We’re in Kentwood, Louisiana. We have the Merlin Bird ID app, and identify loads of birds, including many types of woodpeckers. Our hummingbird feeders garnered 2 birds the first day, 20 the second. Have heard the jungle noise of pileateds (we pronounce the pile rather than the pill) all my 75 years. Sightings are few as they stay hidden in the foliage. The bird folks get jealous over our numerous Spring & Summer sightings of painted buntings.
First, I would like to say I love all birds. I've had a fascination with them ever since I was a child. I draw and paint, and birds are my favorite for both.
Okay, I have been hearing this crazy sounds, and for months, I couldn't figure out what it was. I knew it was a bird but couldn't figure out what kind. My neighbor recently cut a bunch of trees behind my house. And a couple of days ago I saw some woodpeckers back there. Sure enough, they started making this noise. I've seen 4 of them, but I also think there are babies. I was shocked because I didn't realize they could make all these noises. So I looked it up to be sure and this is exactly what they are doing.
Thank you for posting! I live in a tiny community called Auburn. It's on the outskirts of Summit Mississippi.
~ Natasha
thank you!! Since I was little I've always wondered what made the monkey sound in the woods. I love it because it makes me feel like I live in the tropics (but I live in MA haha!🤦♀)!
We have them around where we live. I like listening to them. And every once and a while I get to see them too!!!!
I have a pair visit my suet feeder daily for over 2 yrs now. I love them. They always announce their arrival.
30 miles southeast of Boston here. I took the dog out 10 minutes ago and heard one calling in the top of a tree just inside the woods. Couldn't see it, but nice to know they're still here. I saw one flying a couple of years ago. Big Woody Woodpecker-looking bird. Beautiful plumage!
I live in Raleigh, N.C.
In our subdivision we have at least one of these beautiful birds in the woods behind our house.
I have only seen it actually in my yard, just one time.
But, I love knowing he is around as as I hear his call quite often.
Hear and see them often in Pearl River area of central MS
@@ronalddavis4859 Sweet!
They've been waking me up with the drumming sound for the last few days!😅
we thought we heard a woodpecker drumming this morning and used this video to confirm! exciting to know what’s outside our window! thank you!
We have a pleated woodpecker that I have seen over the past 4 years in East lyme CT. Absolutely beautiful!!
I never even knew about this woodpecker before thank you scott.
These birds frequent our yard and feeder quite often. Two years ago, we got to watch them enjoy the bugs in a dying Alder by our pond.
We live in Auburn, Wa.
I live in NS Canada and heard as well as seen these beautiful birds. They are very loud when they make their calls.
We just had one in our yard making the wuk, wuk, wuk sound! What a beautiful bird! Posting from Indianapolis, IN
We had a lovely pair show up in our back yard, yesterday. It was great to put a face to the sounds we had been hearing.
Yes, I hear the woodpeckers too. Several flew from across the street when I played it. The drumming noise is very distinct outside my bedroom window.
We currently have 4 of them here in our yard in Michigan, 3 males and a female! The female is paired with one of the males. So fascinating to see them around daily!
Me too!!!! I’ve only seen one around, but when I played this OMG, we have so many!!!!!
I was just out watering my flowers and had one land in my tree. Making that beautiful call. I live In Portland Oregon area.
We have a family of woodpeckers in our yard every spring. I love hearing them. We live in the country and they sound tropical…definitely outta place. We also have mockingbird, cardinal and blue jay families every spring.
I see and hear this woodpecker in my area all the time . In fact just yesterday setting at my sisters house it flew in the tree by us. We live in Bradenton Florida
Ormond bch has them
Yes I love hearing them around my North Tennessee rural home
Reminds me of the gibbons at the Cincinnati Zoo.
I am in Northeast Ohio, Akron suburb, just watched one over in my neighbor's front yard, it was so exciting.
Saw a pileated woodpecker on my cedar tree. Huge bird compared to even a Blue Jay. I had a huge problem of hornets in my rose of Sharon dead branches. Larvae galore. Next day the hornets and larvae were gone. The branch was pecked out as pileated woodpecker loves larvae to eat. Keep this one around. Forever grateful for this bird.
I’ve heard all of these sounds and was trying to find the bird the sounds came from. This morning I saw a pileated woodpecker fly from tree to tree right after I heard the first very loud call, so I figured I’d check to see if it was him. Bingo! 🙂
One Pilleated woodpecker came to birdbath. Heard calls and pecking. No doubt. Wonderful to see in Chesterland, Ohio.
Was trying to call a hawk with sounds on TH-cam . 1 of these came right to my Bluetooth speaker. Im in south Georgia. Big Beautiful Bird
They're so loud and big whenever I see them. We have one in the neighborhood that likes to wake us up every now and then in the morning.
1:20 I just heard it this morning. Very loud! We get a few in our neighborhood. Large and beautiful birds!
I just had one in my back yard going to town on a tree stump. He is so beautiful
Thanks for posting!
I hear these sounds all the time in a marsh adjacent to our house. However, I’ve never seen one! And I agree that one of the sounds is more like a monkey in a jungle! Thanks for the informative video.
Thank you. I finally figured out what bird was making this noise “cuk cuk cuk”
I once had a pileated fly by my house and make the sound similar to what is used in the cartoon for Woody the Woodpecker. I've never heard it again but hear the other sounds all the time.
I always thought I was in a jungle in my back yard but it was woodpeckers. Thanks for the video. I saw 2 of them today.
The birds are incredible!
Drumming brought me to this video I never knew we had woodpeckers in Jersey😅
The pileateds come through here several times a year (west Michigan). Wasn't sure about their calls, since we have many other woodpeckers here, but sure can identify their drumming. So much louder then the others.
We have them in the redwood forest just north of Santa Cruz, California. I hear them pretty often, and have seen them a few times - no small thing in our pretty dense forest. Love them!
I visited Redwood Forest from Chicago 18yrs ago, I will never forget the feeling, beauty and the amazement of it.
I read today that the Woody Woodpecker sound came from one of these shouts. I would think # 1 is the most like it . Of course, real road runners don't actually "beep" = )
I just had my first Pileated
Woodpecker this past week.
We hear and see the pileated woodpecker quite often in the woods at our place in the Western Catskill mountains of NY. At our feeders in Queens (NYC), I see several kinds of woodpeckers, but never the pileated.
Love these birds. They're around where i live however we dont see them often. I live in the piedmont area of North Carolina.
I played this outside on full volume and a beautiful Piliated woodpecker flew in front of me and landed on a tree trunk near me.
Awesome video
Listening now
I was blessed to watch and listen to mine just a few minutes ago in Innisfil Ontario Canada
I heard this last night in Tampa near Busch Gardens . My dog was going crazy and it took me a while to realize I had heard it before. Woody Woodpecker lives on.
We have these at our cottage, they certainly can be noisy. Beautiful birds ❤️ great video!
I live in West Michigan, and I have heard all of the demonstrated sounds. One was making an assortment of drumming sounds this very morning. I was pretty sure the sound I heard was a woodpecker, your fine clip assured me I was correct. Thanks
Saw one pecking on a tree across the street in the neighbor’s yard. I went on YT and found this and played the last call…… and it flew over to my porch and landed e ft from me. I couldn’t switch from YT to my camera on my ipad so I missed him that day. I heard him drumming in the distance and decided to try to lure him in again. It worked and I got some nice pics. The first time he came though he actually extended his crown and scared the crap out of me.
Galloway OH. First time in 20 yrs to see/hear one. What a thrill! I live near the Big Darby Creek metro park with lots of woods nearby.
Unforgettable!
Listening to our local one in our woods.
I was camping on 7/29/2023 and I heard the #3 bird call at 1st light, repeatedly. I had no idea what it was but it was VERY loud. I got up and I saw 2 Pileated woodpeckers on adjoining trees about 30 feet from my tent, maybe 10 feet up the trees. They both looked at me and flew off. 10 minutes later, I hear it again, but directly above my tent. Again, I get up and there they are, 80' up in the tree canopy staring at me. They both flew off making some squawking noises. Pretty cool to see but a bit annoying @ 5:30am. I've seen these birds many times but I've never heard them before, at least not that I could identify. And that noise does sound like something out of a jungle!
I heard this woodpecker this morning in The Woodlands Texas. I have not seen it at my feeder for years.
I heard sounds 1 and 4 TODAY. I live in Uptown New Orleans. Amazing.
I'd walk with my springer,in the woods behind our old place and the Pileateds would follow us. My springer was afraid of them . Interesting birds.
My young cat saw his first pileateds, a pair on a downed tree near my Idaho forest home. He crouched and walked toward them, but reversed his stalking when the closest pileated did that sinuous parrot walk, along the trunk, towards him. Cat & me were IMPRESSED!
In the Northwest, pileateds have a loud, electrifying, haunting cry. You have to be out in open country--bird chatter around a feeder just isn't as good. Be happy to hear them only occasionally--learn to enjoy the quiet between songs and calls. Conifer forests have the best acoustics, but mixed forest and meadow is good too--which is where I hear them in Mendocino County, Calif.
Today is 05/05/2024. For at least a week have been hearing a drumming sound every morning, Carson City.
We are on our porch in Charleston, West Virginia. We have a house with a river lot on the Kanawha River. We have been hearing the "monkey" call but did not see the pileated woodpecker until today. He is huge! Much bigger than our other two species.
He does eat from the dead tree limbs.
When I played the video he talked back! It took a couple times through to get him to respond, but he did it on two occasions.
If we can get a photo we will post.
Have them in my back yard in South Florida. Amazing to see
Fantastic video thank you so much it's confirmed there's woodpeckers in our back garden ❤
Yesterday I the woodpecker drumming on a tree and just now I heard the wuk wuk wuk. Dang! It was loud!
i Love woodpecker
I have seen and heard them in Reevesville, SC. Love❤
Sound almost like a Coopers Hawk. A pileated wp hit our window about 4 months ago. Sad, it died in minutes. Big beautiful bird.
I got 2 in my yard this morning flying around in east TN never seen one till today and got to see 2
I just saw 3 of them in my tree. I love it so much!!
Thanks very much for sharing this. Now I am sure of what I'm hearing!❤
Currently listening to chick this am. Enjoyed watching parents make hole in dead tree and now they have a nest with baby chick peaking out throughout the day.
We have a family here in Huntsville Tx. Beautiful
Yes! And love your videos ❤️
Got one in my yard. Reminded me of woody so I had to check
A pileated woodpecker lives in a park near me. I hear him more often than I see him.
Yes! 2 or 3 of them surfing the trees here in Bloomington, MN😃
I saw one this morning in my yard. I am in SW Missouri
We heard and saw a pileated this morning in a cottonwood stand north of Bozeman, Montana. First for us on this side of the divide.
Heard one this afternoon while walking on a local trail. We've had them come through our yard and enjoy our feeders earlier this summer. They seemed to prefer the large peanut suet cakes.
Just outside minding my own business and heard this really loud bird call and and actually got a video of the pileated woodpecker and that sound but the call when I first noticed him did not sound like either of those…it almost sounded like a bird out in the jungle
We have one that is always at our house they are such amazing birds! We live in northeastern Ohio
We have several paliated woodpeckers and I had thought the D
"Drumming" was the bird hitting the wood. I definitely learbed otherwise by this video.
Thank you for sharing great video
We just saw this Bird today (7 PM) in Menomonee Falls, WI which is in SouthEast Wisconsin just west of Milwaukee. I had seen only 1 previously in Wausau, WI which is tin he west side of Wisconsin. It sounded like it was laughing at me - like Woody Woodpecker. It was a spectacular sight and sound!!
I heard and saw one of these this morning in southern middle Tennessee.