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Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides)
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Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides)

General Description: Gilded Flickers (Colaptes chrysoides) are large, noisy woodpeckers of the southern deserts, with a barred back, a white spotted front, a black neck band, and a white rump. The face is gray, and the crown is reddish. In flight, Gilded Flickers show yellow in the wings. Males have a red mustache mark.

Taxonomy: Piciformes, Picidae, Picinae.

Favored Habitat: Desert habitats in southern Arizona with Saguaro and other large cactus species.

Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides)

Where to Find: Around Las Vegas, look for Gilded Flickers from about Searchlight southward into Arizona. The Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness Area is a good place to find them. Otherwise, look for Gilded Flickers in southern Arizona southward into northern Mexico and Baja California.

Comments: Flickers mostly eat ants, so they are often seen foraging on the ground.

Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) If you were a tasty ant or a plump berry, this might be the last face you ever see!
Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides)
Gilded Flicker male: note the yellow feathers in wing feathers
Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides)
Gilded Flicker male: note reddish cap
Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides)
Gilded Flicker; note the yellow feathers in the tail
Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides)
Gilded Flicker male: note red mustache mark
Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides)
Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides)
Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides)
Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides)

Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate.
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