Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus

Pic flamboyant

Northern Flicker
This vignette shows the western race of the Northern Flicker. There is an adult male (left), adult female (upper), and a fledgling male (right). The flicker is widely distributed in temperate North America, and the ones in the east are so different (yellow under the wings instead of red; black moustache mark on the male instead of red) that they have been considered to be different species. But they hybridize readily in the middle of the continent, and even at the eastern and western parts of their respective ranges one can sometimes find hybrid traits in certain individuals.
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  • Carpintero escapulario dorado
  • pica-pau-mosqueado
  • Goldspecht
  • Colaptes auratus
  • Piciformes

The species

Classification

Order  : Piciformes
Family : Picidae
Species : Northern Flicker

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O.Net ref. : bkma54861
Author :

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Country : Canada (ca)
Region : Ontario
Place : Markham Markham
Lat. : 43° 52' 41'' North
Lng. : 79° 16' 41'' West