Gilded flicker / Wüstengoldspecht (Colaptes chrysoides)

Wikipedia: Gilded flicker Source: WIKIPEDIA 1200px-Gilded_Flicker_%28Colaptes_chrysoides%29_on_top_of_cactus.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Colaptes (Colaptes); Family Woodpeckers (Picidae)
General: The gilded flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) is a large-sized 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 Baja California, except the extreme northwestern region. Golden-yellow underwings distinguish the gilded flicker from the northern flicker found within the same region, which has red underwings. [more]