Description: Barred, brown back and large, black spots speckled on belly and breast. Face is brown or grey with a wide black band across chest. White rump is visible when in flight.

Range: Alaska and Canada down to Nicaragua.

Habitat: Found in open forests, woodlots, groves, farms and in cities.

General: There are three variations of this bird: the Yellow-shafted, Red-shafted and the Gilded Flicker. They excavate holes in trees or anything else made of wood for their nests. They feed on insects in trees and on the ground.

Bovey, Robin, Campbell, Wayne, and Gates, Brian. 1989. Birds of Victoria and Vicinity. Lone Pine Publishing. Edmonton, Alberta.

Peterson, Roger Tory. 1990. Peterson Field Guides: Western Birds. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York, New York.

Udvardy, Miklos D. F. 1994. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Western Region. Chanticlear Press, Inc. New York, New York.

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