Hoffmann's Woodpecker (Melanerpes hoffmannii)-This recording was made at a marsh 10 miles north of Quepos, on the Pacific coast (Costa Rica), while the pair was tending a nest in a dead tree.
Here is an example of a Hoffmann's Woodpecker (Melanerpes haoffannii) protracted call. This is a female calling from a bare tree behind the Cabinas el Bosque, 6/16/99, Monteverde (Costa Rica). She called like this for several minutes, sitting in one spot near a Brown Jay in the same tree.