Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
Also known as a "Red-shafted Flicker."
Adults are brown with black bars on the back and wings and measure approximately 32 cm (12.5 inches) in length.
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
If you look closely at this photo, you will see the Flickers tongue.
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
According to the Audubon guide, "flickers are the only woodpeckers that frequently feed on the ground", probing with their bill, also sometimes catching insects in flight. Although they eat fruits, berries, seeds and nuts, their primary food is insects.
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
Adults are brown with black bars on the back and wings and measure approximately 32 cm (12.5 inches) in length.
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
Ants alone can make up 45% of their diet. They have a behavior called anting, during which they use the acid from the ants to assist in preening, as it is useful in keeping them free of parasites.
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
Other names for the Flicker.
Pic flamboyant (French)
Carpintero alirrojo, Pic-palo lombricero (Red-shafted Flicker) (Spanish)
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Male Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
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Male Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
Males can be identified by a black or red moustachial stripe at the base of the beak.
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Male Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus).
