Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
29 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Malherbe, 1852)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, hot desert. From sea-level - 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Mexico, USA (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 1,100,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) [XC511267]
by Richard E. Webster from Mammoth, Pinal County, Arizona, United States (call)

Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) [XC622425]
by Paul Marvin from Catalina State Park (birding trail), Pima Co., AZ, United States (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Yellow-shafted Flicker (Colaptes auratus). Genetically is not significantly divergent from south-western "cafer group" of that species, and treated as conspecific by some authors, but separated to a reasonable extent by habitat preferences, with limited hybridization. Better considered treated as allospecies. Subspecies intergrade clinally.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

brunnescens Anthony, 1895 - Northern and central Baja California.
chrysoides (Malherbe, 1852) - Southern Baja California.
mearnsi Ridgway, 1911 - Extreme south-eastern California (Colorado Valley) and southern and central Arizona southern in desert to north-western Mexico (northern Sonora).
tenebrosus van Rossem, 1930 - Northern Sonora to northern Sinaloa.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) - 10 files

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