Northern Flicker
(Red Shafted)
Colaptes auratus
These large woodpeckers inhabit most of
North America except for the extreme North.
They are present in two colour forms, the
Red-shafted in the West and the
Yellow-shafted in the East, with a substantial
overlapping of ranges. They typically lay
6-8 white eggs in a tree cavity or vacant
bird house
