Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus - Pic flamboyant

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Piciformes

  • Family
    :

    Picidés

  • Genus
    :

    Colaptes

  • Species
    :

    auratus

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 35 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 42 à 51 cm.
  • Weight
    : 110 à 170 g
Longevity

9 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Pic flamboyant
♂ adult plum. breeding
Pic flamboyant
♀ adult plum. breeding

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) is a species of bird in the Picidae family.

Subspecific information 10 subspecies

  • Colaptes auratus auratus (se USA)
  • Colaptes auratus cafer (s Alaska to n California. USA.)
  • Colaptes auratus collaris (sw Canada and w USA. except Pacific nw. to nw Mexico)
  • Colaptes auratus rufipileus (Guadalupe I., Mexico)
  • Colaptes auratus nanus (w Texas. USA. to ne Mexico)
  • Colaptes auratus mexicanus (c Mexico)
  • Colaptes auratus luteus (c Alaska to e Canada, ne USA and Montana. nc USA.)
  • Colaptes auratus chrysocaulosus (Cuba)
  • Colaptes auratus gundlachi (Grand Cayman I.)
  • Colaptes auratus mexicanoides (s Mexico to Nicaragua)

Foreign names

  • Pic flamboyant,
  • Carpintero escapulario dorado,
  • pica-pau-mosqueado,
  • Goldspecht,
  • északi hangyászküllő,
  • Gouden Grondspecht,
  • Picchio aurato,
  • guldspett,
  • Gullspett,
  • vlikáč zlatý,
  • datel zlatý,
  • Guldspætte,
  • kultatikka,
  • picot escapular oriental,
  • Gullklambra,
  • dzięcioł różowoszyi,
  • zeltainais dzenis,
  • grahasta žolna,
  • Золотой шилоклювый дятел,
  • ハシボソキツツキ,
  • 北扑翅䴕,
  • 撲動鴷,

Voice song and cries

Pic flamboyant
♂ adult

Habitat

Pic flamboyant
♂ adult plum. breeding

Forest : Boreal, Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Urban Areas

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Pic flamboyant
published: - Updated: 23-03-2009
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