Northern flicker

Colaptes auratus · Picidae

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.

Where the Northern flicker lives

Recorded in United States of America and Canada (North America).

Most records fall in California, British Columbia, Washington, Texas, Alberta and Colorado.

See the Northern flicker’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 15,029,942 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.