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Gilded Flicker

Colaptes chrysoides

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Picidae

The gilded flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) is a large woodpecker (mean length of 29 cm (11 in)) of the Sonoran, Yuma, and eastern Colorado Desert regions of the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, including all of the Baja California peninsula except the extreme northwestern region. Yellow underwings distinguish the gilded flicker from the northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) found within the same region, which has red underwings. Taxonomy Four subspecies are recognized: The Cape gilded flicker (C.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 49,263Mexico · 6,502