Chilean Flicker (Colaptes pitius)
About the Chilean Flicker
The Chilean flicker (Colaptes pitius) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Argentina and Chile. The Chilean flicker was originally described as Picus Pitius. For a time it was put in the monotypic genus Pituipicus that was later merged into Colaptes. The Chilean flicker and Andean flicker (C. rupicola) are sister species. The Chilean flicker is monotypic.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 37 recordings for this species: 9 CC BY-NC-SA · 5 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 Argentina, Chile 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.