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A northern flicker is perched on a barren branch at Turnbull Wildlife Refuge in Cheney, Washington.
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A Northern Flicker woodpecker perched on a tree branch against a clear blue sky.
A Northern Flicker perched in a pine tree in Calgary
A female Yellow-Shafted Northern Flicker photographed in a white berried bush in Autumn.
Young european green woodpecker
northern flicker perched on a tree branch
The Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) is a medium-sized member of the woodpecker family, native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba, and the Cayman Islands.  It is one of the few woodpeckers that are migratory.  The flicker was first described and illustrated by the English naturalist Mark Catesby around 1729.  Adult flickers are brown with black bars on the back and wings.  The upper breast has a black patch while the lower breast and underbelly is beige with black spots.  Their white rump is conspicuous in flight.  The male flicker has a red stripe close to the beak.  Flickers primarily eat insects but their diet also includes berries, nuts and seeds.  They are the only woodpecker that feeds on the ground.  The flicker’s breeding habitat are forested areas of the north and central Americas.  They prefer to nest in tree cavities.  This male Northern Flicker was perched in a tree at Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
Unlike most other woodpeckers, northern flickers are migratory
The gilded flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) is a large-sized woodpecker. Mearns' gilded flicker, Colaptes chrysoides mearnsi, resides in extreme southeastern California to Arizona and northwestern Mexico. Sonoran Desert, Arizona.
Northwester Flicker Perched on a branc
Norther Flicker
Flicker in flight
A Woodpecker called Northern Flicker is  perched in tree, Delta, British Columbia, Canada
Woodpecker bird, carpintero real (Colaptes melanochloros), picidae, typical from Argentina. Photo taken in Córdoba province.
A Chilean Flicker (Colaptes pitius), a species of woodpecker native to Chile and western Argentina, perches on a tree branch in the Andes Mountains near the capital, Santiago de Chile.
A Northern Flicker bird perching on a barren tree branch
The Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) is a medium-sized member of the woodpecker family, native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba, and the Cayman Islands.  It is one of the few woodpeckers that are migratory.  The flicker was first described and illustrated by the English naturalist Mark Catesby around 1729.  Adult flickers are brown with black bars on the back and wings.  The upper breast has a black patch while the lower breast and underbelly is beige with black spots.  Their white rump is conspicuous in flight.  The male flicker has a red stripe close to the beak.  Flickers primarily eat insects but their diet also includes berries, nuts and seeds.  They are the only woodpecker that feeds on the ground.  The flicker’s breeding habitat are forested areas of the north and central Americas.  They prefer to nest in tree cavities.  This male Northern Flicker was perched in a tree at Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
Two Northern Flicker birds perched atop a tree in Harkness State Park engaged in a territorial battle
Northern Flicker woodpecker on a tree branch. Western Oregon. Edited.
A young Northern flicker resting in a tree
A Northern Flicker, Colaptes auratus, spreads its wings to give a view of the bright gold plumage.  It used to be named the Golden Shafted Flicker, a much better name than it got left with by the naturalist. Photo by Bob/Marcia Balestri dba Joesboy
One northern flicker bird perched alert on a branch.
A Yellow-bellied sapsucker feeds on crabapples in the Laurentian Forest.
Male northern flicker on a branch in Manitoba,Canada, on September 12
A Chilean Flicker woodpecker (Colaptes pitius) rests on a fence post in farmland in the Andes foothills of central Chile, near the capital Santiago
Male Red Shafted Northern Flicker perches on a tree branch
Red  Head Woodpecker
Natural scene from state park of Wisconsin.
A yellow-shafted northern flicker in flight in Ocala National Forest.
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