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Described by John Gould in 1837, it is a black and white bird 28 to 32 cm (11 to 12.5 in) long with a long hooked bill. Its head and throat are black, making a distinctive hood; the mantle and much of the tail and wings are also black. The neck, underparts and outer wing feathers are white.
Fernandina's flicker breeds between March and June; [2] during courtship, pairs regularly engage in high-flying chases. Like all woodpeckers, it is a cavity nester.Recent fieldwork has shown that it prefers to use nest holes started by West Indian woodpeckers (Melanerpes superciliaris); the flicker drives off the original owners, finishes off the excavation work, and moves in. [5] The female ...
The northern flicker or common flicker (Colaptes auratus) 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 .
Chilean flicker Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Piciformes Family: Picidae Genus: Colaptes Species: C. pitius Binomial name Colaptes pitius (Molina, 1782) The Chilean flicker (Colaptes pitius) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in ...
Andean flicker Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Piciformes Family: Picidae Genus: Colaptes Species: C. rupicola Binomial name Colaptes rupicola D'Orbigny, 1840 Range of "southern" Andean flicker The Andean flicker (Colaptes rupicola) is a species of bird in ...
Bonaparte's gull in immature (first-winter) plumage, showing the tail band and brown wing pattern cited in Ord's description of the species. When George Ord first described Bonaparte's gull in 1815, he gave it the scientific name Sterna philadelphia, and the English name 'Banded-tail Tern'; [2] the description clearly identifies it as a bird in first-winter plumage, while "The slender and tern ...
Colaptes is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. The 14 species are found across the Americas. The 14 species are found across the Americas. Colaptes woodpeckers typically have a brown or green back and wings with black barring, and a beige to yellowish underside, with black spotting or barring.
The great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) is a medium-sized woodpecker with pied black and white plumage and a red patch on the lower belly. Males and young birds also have red markings on the neck or head. This species is found across the Palearctic including parts of North Africa.