Northern flicker
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The northern flicker is a large sized woodpecker bird with a slim and rounded head.[1]
Color
Flickers appear to be brownish. The color of their underside of the wing and tail feathers varies, for example bright yellow for eastern birds, or red in western birds.[1]
Northern Flicker Media
A male northern flicker in Roslyn, New York
A male northern flicker guarding its nest cavity
A northern flicker at a tree in the Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge
Two males in a territorial display during spring
An adult northern flicker feeding a juvenile at a nest cavity entrance
Painting of "Colaptes mexicanus" by Edward Hargitt, 1889
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Northern Flicker Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology". www.allaboutbirds.org. Retrieved 2021-10-17.