Northern flicker
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The northern flicker is a large sized woodpecker bird with a slim and rounded head.[1]It is also known as the clape, gaffer woodpecker, harry-wicket,[2] heigh-ho, wake-up, walk-up, wick-up, yarrup, and gawker bird. Many of these names come from some of its calls. It is the state bird of Alabama (known by one of its name "yellowhammer").
They are well known for eating ants off the ground, something that is different from other woodpeckers.
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]
Gallery
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Northern Flicker Media
- Northern flicker, Roslyn (cropped).jpg
Northern flicker, Roslyn (cropped)
- Yellow-shafted × Red-shafted Flicker, Southeast Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada imported from iNaturalist photo 270312661.jpg
Hybrid male. Has a red moustache like the red-shafted group, and a red nape like the yellow-shafted group. The face and throat are intermediate between the grey colour of the former and the peach colour of the latter. In Alberta.
- Northern Yellow-shafted Flicker, Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis, MN 55407, USA imported from iNaturalist photo 437335513.jpg
C. a. luteus foraging on the ground, in Minnesota
- Northern Yellow-shafted Flicker, Webster, NY, US imported from iNaturalist photo 361142828.jpg
C. a. luteus eating suet at a feeder, in New York
- Southeastern Yellow-shafted Flicker, North Carolina, US imported from iNaturalist photo 4620704.jpg
Male C. a. auratus killed in a window collision, in North Carolina
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Connections between breeding and wintering location of flickers
- Southeastern Yellow-shafted Flicker, Kent County, DE, USA imported from iNaturalist photo 62634945.jpg
C. a. auratus, in Delaware
- Northern flicker pair.jpg
C. a. cafer female (left) and male (right), in Washington
C. a. chrysocaulosus female, in Cuba
- Southwestern Red-shafted Flicker, Foothills Green, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA imported from iNaturalist photo 452304844 (cropped).jpg
C. a. collaris male, in Colorado
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Northern Flicker Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology". www.allaboutbirds.org. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
- ↑ "Burrowing Owl". www.grpg.org. Retrieved 2023-04-11.