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Northern or Guatemalan Flicker
Colaptes [auratus or mexicanoides] (= Colaptes auratus) (Linnaeus, C 1758)
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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto &
macaulaylibrary.org.
| Species name | Recordist | Date | Location | Remarks | Cat.nr. |
| Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus collaris | Richard E. Webster | 2020-08-14 | Crest Trail, Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise (United States) (2500 m) | adult, call, female, interaction calls, male - primarily two birds in active chases and a standoff, joined by a third bird, about 5 m up in a conifer; not sure what is going on, the primary two birds a male and a female; loud Hairy Woodpecker for five seconds after 1:28; bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
622249 xeno-canto.org |
| Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus | Shilo McDonald | 2022-04-11 | Lynn Woods, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Essex (United States) | - Drumming. | 434500291 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus | Andrew Wolfe | 2026-06-21 | , Marion (United States) | - | 660092232 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus | Todd Wilson | 04-04-2010 | Kettle Moraine State Park, South Unit, Waukesha Co., Wisconsin, Waukesha (United States) (263 m) | calls and drumming (A) - | 61516 xeno-canto.org |
| Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus | Larry Joseph | 2025-04-01 | , Kitimat-Stikine (Canada) | - | 633050796 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus | Paul Marvin | 2015-03-31 | Barfoot Junction, Cochise, Arizona, United States, Cochise (United States) | - | 29600191 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) - Colaptes auratus [cafer Group] | JoAnn Potter Riggle ?? | 2026-04-12 | , Eagle (United States) | - | 654822784 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus | Shelby M Palmer | 2024-12-25 | Palmer property (near Warrensburg), Johnson County, Missouri, Johnson (United States) (260 m) | call - Calling sporadically from small trees in woods/field edge habitat.
|
959126 xeno-canto.org |
| Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus | Jonathon Jongsma | 2012-06-22 | Custer State Park, SD, Custer (United States) (1500 m) | call (A) - calls from a bird poking its head out of a nest hole in the trunk of a pine tree. | 104536 xeno-canto.org |
| Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus auratus | Paul Marvin | 2014-01-26 | Coastal Prairie Trail, Flamingo, Everglades National Park, Florida, Monroe (United States) (0 m) | call - calls not ID'd to sex, three flickers present and at least two were males two flickers are arguing through the recording while the other looks on bird-seen:yes playback-used:no |
166107 xeno-canto.org |
| Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus | Paul Driver | 2012-06-17 | Upper Moreland Township (near Bryn Athyn), Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Montgomery (United States) (80 m) | begging call, call, nestling being fed at nesthole, wika wika calls by adult - [sono] | 786155 xeno-canto.org |
| Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus | Susan Leake | 2026-02-15 | , East Baton Rouge (United States) | - | 651008744 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus | Wil Hershberger | 2017-07-04 | , Berkeley (United States) | - | 534480 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus | Sue Riffe | 2016-06-09 | Carrizo Canyon, Baca County, Colorado, Baca (United States) (1500 m) | song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
321823 xeno-canto.org |
| Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus cafer group | Frank Lambert | 2015-05-20 | Mono Lake County Park, Mono County, California, Mono (United States) (2000 m) | song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
408276 xeno-canto.org |
| Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus | William Whitehead | 2025-11-29 | , Monmouth (United States) | - | 646063416 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus | Sandeep Biswas | 2024-01-12 | , DuPage (United States) | - | 613415367 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus | Andrew Spencer | 20-05-2009 | Barfoot Park, Cochise Co., Arizona, Arizona (United States) (? m) | calls (A) - calls from a male bird perched on the top of a dead tree | 34822 xeno-canto.org |
| Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus | Thomas G. Graves | 2014-07-10 | Eldorado National Forest (near South Lake Tahoe), El Dorado County, California, El Dorado (United States) (1900 m) | call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
187101 xeno-canto.org |
| Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus | Diane Schroeder | 2020-10-15 | American River Parkway--Howe Ave. access, Sacramento, California, United States, Sacramento (United States) | - | 271527431 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus | Thomas G. Graves | 2013-02-28 | Montana de Oro State Park, California, San Luis Obispo (United States) (20 m) | Kikikikiki, call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no |
124485 xeno-canto.org |
| Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus | V. Lohr | 2026-02-04 | , King (United States) | - | 650269708 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus auratus | David A. Brinkman | 2023-04-05 | Green Township (near Cincinnati), Hamilton County, Ohio, Hamilton (United States) (260 m) | song - Male yellow-shafted form singing from top of telephone pole at the edge of our backyard.
|
807485 xeno-canto.org |
| Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus | Antonio Xeira | 2016-03-22 | Stony Creek Metropark, Macomb County, Michigan, Macomb (United States) (260 m) | song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
309651 xeno-canto.org |
![[sono]](http://xeno-canto.org/sounds/uploaded/FSCGENVPXK/ffts/XC786155-large.png){kind=link}
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