Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 111,717
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The northern flicker or common flicker is a medium-sized bird of the woodpecker family. It is native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba, and the Cayman Islands, and is one of the few woodpecker species that migrate. Over 100 common names for the northern flicker are known, including yellowhammer, clape, gaffer woodpecker, harry-wicket, heigh-ho, wake-up, walk-up, wick-up, yarrup, and gawker bird. Many of these names derive from attempts to imitate some of its calls.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Northern flicker”.