#1261 · 🐦 birds

Northern Flicker

🇳🇱 Gouden Grondspecht ·Colaptes auratus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The northern flicker ( Colaptes auratus ) 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 , heigh-ho , wake-up , walk-up , wick-up , yarrup , and gawker bird . Many of these names...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 172,515iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
172,515 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).