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Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus Scientific name definitions

Karen L. Wiebe and William S. Moore
Version: 2.0 — Published July 7, 2023

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Female (Yellow-shafted)
© Timothy Barksdale, Arkansas, United States, 07 Dec 2004
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Male (Red-shafted)
© DAVID BROWN, Colorado, United States, 15 Apr 2009
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Female (Red-shafted)
© Timothy Barksdale, Montana, United States, Apr 2000
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Male (Red-shafted)
© Timothy Barksdale, Montana, United States, Jan 2000
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Male (Yellow-shafted)
© Timothy Barksdale, Arkansas, United States, Dec 2005
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Male (Yellow-shafted)
© Timothy Barksdale, Missouri, United States, Aug 1997
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Northern Flicker forages by probing beneath soil.
© Ken Simonite, Manitoba, Canada, 01 Apr 2012
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Bird foraging on the ground.
© Timothy Barksdale, New York, United States, Jun 2004
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Bird feeding on berries.
© Melani King, California, United States, 07 Dec 2022
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Bird feeding on avocado.
© John van Dort, Francisco Morazán, Honduras, 02 Oct 2022
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Bird drinking.
© Timothy Barksdale, Arizona, United States, May 1994
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Female giving the Peah Call.
© Greg Baker, Quebec, Canada, 09 Sep 2016
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Male giving its Long Call from high perch.
© Paul Fenwick, California, United States, 29 Mar 2020
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Bird drumming and giving its Long Call.
© Paul Fenwick, California, United States, 25 Feb 2022
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Bird walking while foraging on the ground.
© Jay McGowan, New York, United States, 08 May 2020
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Bird preening.
© Timothy Barksdale, Arkansas, United States, 16 Dec 2004
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Bird dust bathing.
© Martin Carlin, Pennsylvania, United States, 04 Jun 2022
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Females displaying the agonistic “fencing duel”.
© Chris Wood, New York, United States, 23 Apr 2022
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Male building its nest.
© mc coburn, Ontario, Canada, 24 Apr 2022
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Female feeding nestlings.
© Terry Rich, Idaho, United States, 27 Jul 2020

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Recommended Citation

Wiebe, K. L. and W. S. Moore (2023). Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus), version 2.0. In Birds of the World (P. G. Rodewald, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.norfli.02