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Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus, C 1758)

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. Many of these names derive from attempts to imitate some of its calls. It is the state bird of Alabama Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Picidae
Genus:
   Colaptes
Scientific:
  Colaptes auratus

Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.112

Protonym:
  Cuculus auratus

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727017

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  756009696D15E8A0

Avibase ID:
  avibase-75600969

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/75600969

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 178154

Geographic range:

  • Colaptes auratus auratus: SE US
  • Colaptes auratus luteus: C Alaska to s Labrador, Newfoundland, Montana and ne US
  • Colaptes auratus chrysocaulosus: Cuba
  • Colaptes auratus gundlachi: Grand Cayman I.
  • Colaptes auratus cafer: S Alaska and British Columbia to n California
  • Colaptes auratus mexicanus: central Mexico, from Nayarit and Durango east to Veracruz, south to Oaxaca
  • Colaptes auratus nanus: southwestern United States (Chisos Mountains, Texas) and northeastern Mexico (Coahuila to Tamaulipas, south to San Luis Potosí)
  • Colaptes auratus rufipileus: Formerly Guadalupe Island, Mexico. Extinct; last recorded 1906.
  • Colaptes auratus collaris: SW US to nw Baja and w Mexico (Durango)
  • Colaptes auratus mexicanoides: Highlands of s Mexico (Chiapas) to Nicaragua
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Northern Flicker
Catalan:
Picot escapular oriental
Czech:
datel zlatý
Danish:
Guldspætte
German:
Goldspecht
Spanish:
Carpintero Escapulario
Spanish (Spain):
Carpintero Escapulario
Finnish:
kultatikka
French:
Pic flamboyant
Croatian:
pjegava žuna
Hungarian:
északi hangyászküllő
Icelandic:
Gullklambra
Italian:
Picchio aurato
Japanese (romaji):
hashibosokitsutsuki
Japanese:
ハシボソキツツキ
Lithuanian:
Paprastasis ylasnapis genys
Dutch:
Gouden Grondspecht
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Gullspett
Norwegian:
Gullspett
Polish:
dzięcioł różowoszyi
Portuguese:
Pica-pau-mosqueado
Russian:
Шилоклювый дятел
Slovak:
vlikáč zlatý
Serbian:
Američka zlatokrila žuna
Swedish:
guldspett
Ukrainian:
Декол золотистий
Chinese:
北扑翅䴕
Chinese (Traditional):
撲動鴷

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.):
Northern Flicker ( Colaptes auratus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Pic flamboyant ( Colaptes auratus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Pic flamboyant ( Colaptes auratus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Colaptes [auratus or chrysoides] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Afrikaans: Goudspeg
Belarusian: Залацiстая дзяцел
Bulgarian: Златен кълвач, Златист шилоклюн кълвач
Catalan: Picot escapular oriental, Picot escapulari
Czech: Datel zlatý
Welsh: Ysgytiwr gogleddol
Danish: Guldspætte
German: Goldspecht, Ostgoldspecht
Greek: Χρυσoκoλάπτης, Χρυσός Δρυοκολάπτης
English: Boreal Flicker, Common Flicker, Cuban Flicker, Gilded Flicker, Gilded Woodpecker, Golden-winged Woodpecker, Guadalupe Flicker, Malherbe's Flicker, Mearns' Flicker, Northern Flicker, Northwestern Flicker, Red-shafted Flicker, Red-shafted Woodpecker, San Fernando Flicker, San Pedro Flicker, Southern Flicker, Yellowhammer, Yellow-shafted Flicker
English, HBW: Yellow-shafted/Red-shafted/Guatemalan Flicker
English (IOC): Northern Flicker
English (United States): Northern Flicker
Esperanto: Brustornama pego, Orpego
Spanish: Carpintero Alirrojo, Carpintero Collarejo, Carpintero de Cañones Amarillos, Carpintero de Pechera, Carpintero de Pechera Común, Carpintero Dorado, Carpintero Escapulario, Carpintero escapulario dorado, Carpintero norteño, Checo norteño
Spanish (Cuba): Carpintero Escapulario
Spanish (Spain): Carpintero Escapulario
Spanish (HBW): Northern Flicker
Spanish (Honduras): Checo norteño
Spanish (Mexico): Carpintero Alirrojo, Carpintero Collarejo, carpintero de pechera, Carpintero de Pechera Común, Carpintero norteño
Spanish (Nicaragua): Carpintero Norteño
Estonian: põhja-täpikrähn, täpikrähn, täpikrähn (põhja-täpikrähn)
Finnish: Kiljutikka, kultatikka
French: Pic doré, Pic flamboyant, Pic rosé
Frisian: Goudspjocht
Irish: Cnagaire órga
Galician: Picapau áureo
Hebrew: נקר צפון-אמריקני
Croatian: pjegava žuna
Hungarian: Aranyküllő, északi hangyászküllő
Icelandic: Gullklambra
Italian: Picchio aurato, Picchio dorato
Japanese (romaji): hashibosokitsutsuki
Japanese: ハシボソキツツキ
Kara-Kalpak: Америка жылтыр реңли тоқылдаўығы
Mongolian, Halh: залуу тоншуул, ногоон тоншуул
Kirghiz: алтынсары доңкулдак
Scientific: Colaptes auratus, Colaptes auratus auratus, Cuculus auratus, Picus auratus
Lithuanian: Auksinis genys, Paprastasis ylasnapis genys
Latvian: zeltainais dzenis
Macedonian: Златокрилест клукајдрвец
Mongolian: залуу тоншуул, ногоон тоншуул
Montagnais (Innu-aimun): mishta-pashpashtshu
Dutch: Gouden Grondspecht, Goudspecht
Norwegian Nynorsk: Gullspett
Norwegian: Gullspett
Ojibwa: ᒧᓂᑲᐧᓀ
Polish: dzieciol rózowoszyi, dzięcioł różowoszyi
Portuguese: Pica-pau-mosqueado
Portuguese (Portugal): Pica-pau-mosqueado
Rhaeto-Romance: Pitgalain d’aur
Romanian: Ciocănitoare sclipitoare
Russian: Золотой дятел, Золотой шилоклювый дятел, шилоклювый дятел
Northern Sami: Gollečáihni
Slovak: ďateľ zlatý, vlikác zlatý, vlikáč zlatý
Slovenian: grahasta žolna
Serbian: Američka zlatokrila žuna, Zlatokrili detlić
Swedish: Guldspett
Turkish: Altın Ağaçkakan
Tatar: алтын тукран, без томшыклы алтынсу тукран
Udmurt: зарни сизь
Ukrainian: Декол золотистий
Chinese: 北扑翅䴕, 北扑翅鴷, 普通扑动鴷
Chinese (Traditional): 撲動鴷

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