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    (c) Kala Murphy King, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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    (c) Jared Manninen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Jeffrey McPheeters, all rights reserved

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    (c) maticus, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) rabbitlady101, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Bridget Spencer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

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About

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...

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