Grey-crowned Woodpecker (Colaptes auricularis)
About the Grey-crowned Woodpecker
The grey-crowned woodpecker (Colaptes auricularis) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is endemic to western Mexico. The grey-crowned woodpecker was originally described as Chloronerpes auricularis. It was later placed in genus Piculus but since about 2007 has been moved into Colaptes by taxonomic systems. The grey-crowned woodpecker is similar to the wide-ranging golden-olive woodpecker (C. rubiginosus) and has been treated as a subspecies of it. Some authors have treated the two as a superspecies. In addition, research since 2010 has found that the golden-olive woodpecker is not monophyletic, with some subspecies being more closely related to the grey-crowned woodpecker than they are to other golden-olive subspecies.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 25 recordings for this species: 13 CC BY-NC-SA · 12 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Mexico in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Andean FlickerColaptes rupicolarecording
- Crimson-mantled WoodpeckerColaptes rivoliirecording
- Golden-olive WoodpeckerColaptes rubiginosusrecording
- Green-barred WoodpeckerColaptes melanochlorosrecording
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratusrecording
- Spot-breasted WoodpeckerColaptes punctigularecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.