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The northern yellow-shafted flicker (C. a. luteus; formerly C. a. borealis) resides from central Alaska throughout most of Canada to southern Labrador, Newfoundland, and the northeastern United States. The Cuban yellow-shafted flicker (C. a. chrysocaulosus) is restricted to Cuba.
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 ...
In addition, the common name of the northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) was changed to the "yellow-shafted flicker". [8] These splits have not been adopted by the online edition of the Clements Checklist of Birds of the World maintained by ornithologists at Cornell University , [ 9 ] nor by the American Ornithological Society .
The gilded flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) is a large woodpecker (mean length of 29 cm (11 in)) of the Sonoran, Yuma, and eastern Colorado Desert regions of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, including all of Baja California, except the extreme northwestern region. Yellow underwings distinguish the gilded flicker from the ...
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Yellow-bellied sapsucker: Sphyrapicus varius (Linnaeus, 1766) 59 Red-naped sapsucker: Sphyrapicus nuchalis Baird, SF, 1858: 60 Red-breasted sapsucker: Sphyrapicus ruber (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 61 Cuban green woodpecker: Xiphidiopicus percussus (Temminck, 1826) 62 Buff-spotted woodpecker: Pardipicus nivosus (Swainson, 1837) 63 Brown-eared woodpecker
Cuban green woodpecker Northern flicker. Order: Piciformes Family: Picidae. Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails, and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward and two backward, while several species have only three toes.
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