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General Description: Northern Flickers (Colaptes auratus)
are large, noisy woodpeckers, generally of the mountains, with a
barred, brown back, a white spotted front, a
black neck band, and a white rump. The face is gray, and the crown is
brown. In flight, Northern Flickers around Las Vegas show red in the
wings (red wing linings), leading to another common name: "red-shafted
flicker." Males have a red mustache mark; females lack a mustache.
In the east and far north, Northern Flickers have yellow wing
linings and are referred to as "yellow-shafted flickers." In the
southern deserts (from about Searchlight southward) however, another
species of flicker has yellow wing linings: the Gilded Flicker. |