northern flicker

English

Noun

northern flicker (plural northern flickers)

Colaptes auratus, a medium-sized member of the woodpecker family, native to most of Central and North America.

Synonyms

(Colaptes auratus): yellowhammer, clape, gaffer woodpecker, harry-wicket, heigh-ho, wake-up, walk-up, wick-up, yarrup, gawker bird, red-shafted flicker

Translations

Colaptes auratus

Dutch: gouden grondspecht (nl) m
French: pic flamboyant (fr) m
German: Goldspecht m
Klamath-Modoc: c'ews
Navajo: tʼáyaałchííʼ
Russian: золото́й шилоклю́вый дя́тел m (zolotój šilokljúvyj djátel)
Spanish: carpintero escapulario, carpintero de pechera

Further reading

northern flicker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Colaptes auratus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Colaptes auratus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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