Northern flicker / Goldspecht (Colaptes auratus)

Wikipedia: Northern flicker Source: OTHER Northern_Flicker.jpg
Classification: Genus Colaptes; Family Woodpeckers (Picidae)
General: The northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) 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 (not to be confused with the Eurasian yellowhammer), clape, gaffer woodpecker, harry-wicket^{[citation needed]}, 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. [more]

Song: Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording.
Song attributes: Frequency:
Maryland 2022-04-29 12:22:29 ♫ 2022-04-29 12:22:29 Source: BirdNet 20220429_122229 birdnet - Northern Flicker - Northern Flicker - Baltimore.mp3 Maryland (song)

First documented observation: 2022-04-29 in Maryland. Most recent observation: 2024-09-24 in Annandale, Virginia.