| Common Name: | Flicker, Northern | | Scientific Name: | Colaptes auratus | | Family: | Picidae (Woodpeckers,Flickers,Sapsuckers) | | Area: | Brush College Park - Salem, Oregon | | Date: | March 30, 2014 | 
The top photo shows a female, notice she lacks the red "mustashe" of the males as shown in the lower three photos. Red-shafted and Yellow-shafted Flickers, once listed separately, are now lumped together as Northern Flickers. Red-shafted males as shown here have a red mustache; Yellow-shafted males have a black mustache. | 
Elkton, Oregon - - - March 22, 2013 | 
This male is busy working on a home for his expectant mate.
Dos Reis County Park, California - - -March 6, 2009 | 
Collier Memorial State Park, Oregon - - - July 21, 2012 | | Reference: | The Sibley Guide to Birds by Sibley |
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