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I definetly wouldn't give it more than a Start-Class. it has good information, but it needs to be lengthened and it has a lot of good stuff in the introduction that needs to be put elsewhere. But this has a lot of interesting stuff in it. - Cynops 14:29, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
I think the new pics are pretty good, but the range map could be labeled (I think the colors are supposed to be different subspecies but I'm not sure). I also don't really like having the photo gallery at the end is a really good idea. Cynops 02:13, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
I don't have time to go through it all right now but this looks like a good reference for DNA analysis of yellow-shafted, red-shafted and gilded flickers. If someone has time to read though it before I do please feel free to add any good information to the taxonomy section. http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/8/3/327.pdf Kirkmona ( talk) 14:55, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
IUCN red list has 'Colaptes cafer' and 'Colaptes Mexicanoides' as separate species Green daemon ( talk) 21:11, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
Why are the Footnotes and References sections identical, with each calling the {{ reflist}} template? Are both needed? Just passing through the article, and thought I would mention! -- papageno ( talk) 21:04, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
Seems to me that a lifespan isn't how long the oldest recorded lived, but should be a general average amount of time they live. Anyone care to change that? -- 216.106.104.80 ( talk) 00:48, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello all- I just replaced a general Cornell Lab link with a report page from ITIS as a source for the number of subspecies indicated in the Taxonomy section. I'm no expert here; can someone familiar with the species verify my change? The ITIS page shows a total of ten subspecies, but does not include info re extinction. Eric talk 16:03, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
I have never heard a yellowhammer/flicker make such a call as provided, or anything close. They do a very exotic, loud, sustained call that is difficult to begin to describe. It sounds like it would be better located in a tropical jungle. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.249.146.8 ( talk) 00:33, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
-- 2600:6C48:7006:200:D84D:5A80:173:901D ( talk) 23:46, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
hello all. as part of a university project, I have expanded the section on wintering and migration. Previously, this section included only one sentence regarding partial migration with no citation. In my expansion, I have made sure to include that information with a citation, along with other information including a figure from Gow & Wiebe 2014 which is licensed under CC 4.0. I hope that my work meets the conventions of Wikipedia appropriately JosiahrWILD ( talk) 23:37, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
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The northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) is a medium-sized bird of the woodpecker family, Picidae. It is native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba, and the Cayman Islands. Adults of this species are brown with black bars on the back and wings, with a mid- to large-sized northern flicker measuring 28 to 36 cm (11 to 14 in) in length and 42 to 54 cm (17 to 21 in) in wingspan. Its body mass can vary from 86 to 167 grams (3.0 to 5.9 oz). Northern flickers are partial migrants, with those that do migrate beginning their spring migration in early April and making their return between September and October. Individuals that breed farther north travel greater distances than their migratory southern conspecifics, often resulting in the convergence of northern and southern populations at wintering sites. This male northern flicker was photographed looking out from a nesting hole in a tree in Central Park, New York City. Photograph credit: Rhododendrites
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Hello Schazjmd and all. Re the Guadalupe red-shafted flicker in the section Northern_flicker#Red-shafted_group: I don't read the cited source as connecting the feral goat and cat population to the re-appearance of these birds. Searching the text, I looked at every instance of the terms feral, goat, cat, subspecies, endemic, and flicker, and I don't see any connection asserted there. Eric talk 04:02, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
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I definetly wouldn't give it more than a Start-Class. it has good information, but it needs to be lengthened and it has a lot of good stuff in the introduction that needs to be put elsewhere. But this has a lot of interesting stuff in it. - Cynops 14:29, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
I think the new pics are pretty good, but the range map could be labeled (I think the colors are supposed to be different subspecies but I'm not sure). I also don't really like having the photo gallery at the end is a really good idea. Cynops 02:13, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
I don't have time to go through it all right now but this looks like a good reference for DNA analysis of yellow-shafted, red-shafted and gilded flickers. If someone has time to read though it before I do please feel free to add any good information to the taxonomy section. http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/8/3/327.pdf Kirkmona ( talk) 14:55, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
IUCN red list has 'Colaptes cafer' and 'Colaptes Mexicanoides' as separate species Green daemon ( talk) 21:11, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
Why are the Footnotes and References sections identical, with each calling the {{ reflist}} template? Are both needed? Just passing through the article, and thought I would mention! -- papageno ( talk) 21:04, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
Seems to me that a lifespan isn't how long the oldest recorded lived, but should be a general average amount of time they live. Anyone care to change that? -- 216.106.104.80 ( talk) 00:48, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello all- I just replaced a general Cornell Lab link with a report page from ITIS as a source for the number of subspecies indicated in the Taxonomy section. I'm no expert here; can someone familiar with the species verify my change? The ITIS page shows a total of ten subspecies, but does not include info re extinction. Eric talk 16:03, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
I have never heard a yellowhammer/flicker make such a call as provided, or anything close. They do a very exotic, loud, sustained call that is difficult to begin to describe. It sounds like it would be better located in a tropical jungle. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.249.146.8 ( talk) 00:33, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
-- 2600:6C48:7006:200:D84D:5A80:173:901D ( talk) 23:46, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
hello all. as part of a university project, I have expanded the section on wintering and migration. Previously, this section included only one sentence regarding partial migration with no citation. In my expansion, I have made sure to include that information with a citation, along with other information including a figure from Gow & Wiebe 2014 which is licensed under CC 4.0. I hope that my work meets the conventions of Wikipedia appropriately JosiahrWILD ( talk) 23:37, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
Hello! This is to let editors know that File:Flicker hole in CP (31848).jpg, a featured picture used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for December 29, 2023. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2023-12-29. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! — Amakuru ( talk) 16:46, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
The northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) is a medium-sized bird of the woodpecker family, Picidae. It is native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba, and the Cayman Islands. Adults of this species are brown with black bars on the back and wings, with a mid- to large-sized northern flicker measuring 28 to 36 cm (11 to 14 in) in length and 42 to 54 cm (17 to 21 in) in wingspan. Its body mass can vary from 86 to 167 grams (3.0 to 5.9 oz). Northern flickers are partial migrants, with those that do migrate beginning their spring migration in early April and making their return between September and October. Individuals that breed farther north travel greater distances than their migratory southern conspecifics, often resulting in the convergence of northern and southern populations at wintering sites. This male northern flicker was photographed looking out from a nesting hole in a tree in Central Park, New York City. Photograph credit: Rhododendrites
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— Assignment last updated by Cara.begley ( talk) 17:40, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
Hello Schazjmd and all. Re the Guadalupe red-shafted flicker in the section Northern_flicker#Red-shafted_group: I don't read the cited source as connecting the feral goat and cat population to the re-appearance of these birds. Searching the text, I looked at every instance of the terms feral, goat, cat, subspecies, endemic, and flicker, and I don't see any connection asserted there. Eric talk 04:02, 4 April 2024 (UTC)