Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)    Synonyms: Colaptes auratus auratus, Colaptes auratus luteus, NOFL, Northern Yellow-shafted Flicker, Wheeler, Yellow-shafted Flicker, Yellowhammer, YSFL.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Chordata   >   Class Aves   >   Order Piciformes   >   Family Picidae   >   Genus Colaptes   

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A Northern Flicker in Harford Co., Maryland (11/1/2018). Photo by Mark Johnson. (MBP list)

A male Northern Flicker at Fort Smallwood Park, Maryland (1/31/2009). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list) (More of this species)

A Northern Flicker in Howard Co., Maryland (3/3/2013). Photo by Annette Allor. (MBP list)

A female Northern Flicker at nest cavity in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/7/2016). Photo by Pauline Horn. (MBP list)

A Northern Flicker in Harford Co., Maryland (2/23/2015). Photo by Matthew Addicks. (MBP list)

A "Yellow-shafted" Northern Flicker in flight over Cape May, New Jersey (9/30/2012). Photo by Sam Galick. (MBP list)

Northern Flickers in Howard Co., Maryland (3/4/2014). Photo by Gregg Petersen. (MBP list)

Northern Flicker in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/3/2020). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A migrant Northern Flicker at Turkey Point, Maryland (9/20/2012). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Northern Flicker in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (9/16/2020). (c) Jonathan Irons, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jonathan Irons. (MBP list)

A "Yellow-shafted" Northern Flicker in Harford Co., Maryland (3/17/2017). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

A Northern Flicker in Baltimore Co., Maryland (10/8/2020). Photo by J Patrick Brooks. (MBP list)

A Northern Flicker in flight (carrying egg) in Howard Co., Maryland (4/23/2015). Photographer notes: "I happened to catch this Flicker in flight with an egg in its bill. I have read about birds removing eggs from the nests of other birds. Not certain why this bird was carrying the egg. Was it a dud and the bird was removing it from its own nest?" Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)


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