Notes ³

Less common to see up close. The big black chest patch makes these easy to identify. Their wing feathers are tinted red, which is quite noticeable when they're flying above you (Northern Flickers in the eastern US have wings tinted yellow instead).

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Minette Layne, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/7232133@N08/3187140734
2. (c) Jamie Chavez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/almiyi/4059249494/
3. (c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNaturalist NZ taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• CalPhotos
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• VertNet
• Xeno-canto

iNaturalist NZ Map