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The red underside of the tail can be obvious from certain angles on perched birds. Note the red whisker on males in the West. Males have red mustache stripe. May feed vertically on tree trunks like other woodpeckers; often feeds from the ground on ants. Flickers are fairly large woodpeckers with a slim, rounded head, slightly downcurved bill, and long, flared tail that tapers to a point.
The undersides of the wing and tail feathers are bright yellow, for eastern birds, or red, in western birds. They fly in an up-and-down path using heavy flaps interspersed with glides, like many woodpeckers. Look for flickers in open habitats near trees, including woodlands, edges, yards, and parks. In the West you can find them in mountain forests all the way up to treeline.
Regional Differences
North America has two easily distinguished races of Northern Flickers: The key difference is the color of the flight-feather shafts, which are either a lemon yellow or a rosy red. Yellow-shafted forms have tan faces and gray crowns, and a red crescent on the nape. Males have a black mustache stripe. Red-shafted forms have a gray face, brown crown, and no nape crescent, with males showing a red mustache stripe. Browse Species in This Family. Male Yellow-shafted Large woodpecker with a black bib and spotted belly.
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Male Red-shafted Males in the West have a red whisker while those in the East have a black whisker. Female Yellow-shafted Often sits sideways on branches, unlike other woodpeckers.
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Male intergrade Intergrade individuals usually have a mixture of the plumage markings of Red-shafted and Yellow-shafted birds. Female Guatemalan Residents in Guatemala have a brown crown and whisker stripe. Male Red-shafted Main call is a loud, rolling rattle with a piercing tone that lasts 7 or 8 seconds. Female Yellow-shafted Females have a peachy-brown face, a gray crown and nape, and a red spot on the nape. Male Yellow-shafted In flight note the white rump patch.
Female Red-shafted A main food source is ants, and flickers often forage on the ground for them. Female Red-shafted In flight, its white rump contrasts with the rest of the plumage.
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Male Red-shafted The red underside of the tail can be obvious from certain angles on perched birds. Test your visual vocabulary with our question challenge! Synonyms for flicker Synonyms: Verb dance , dart , flick , flirt , flit , flitter , flutter , zip Visit the Thesaurus for More. The overhead light kept flickering off and on. Thoughts flickered through his mind. First Known Use of flicker Verb before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1 Noun 1 , in the meaning defined at sense 1a Noun 2 , in the meaning defined above.
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