Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides)
About the Gilded Flicker
The gilded flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) is a large 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 the Baja California peninsula except the extreme northwestern region. Yellow underwings distinguish the gilded flicker from the northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) found within the same region, which has red underwings. Four subspecies are recognized: The Cape gilded flicker (C. c. chrysoides) resides in southern Baja California. The brown gilded flicker (C. c. brunnescens) resides in northern and central Baja California. Mearns' gilded flicker (C. c. mearnsi) resides in extreme southeastern California to Arizona and northwestern Mexico.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 63 recordings for this species: 23 CC BY-NC-SA · 5 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Mexico, United States in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Andean FlickerColaptes rupicolarecording
- Crimson-mantled WoodpeckerColaptes rivoliirecording
- Golden-olive WoodpeckerColaptes rubiginosusrecording
- Green-barred WoodpeckerColaptes melanochlorosrecording
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratusrecording
- Spot-breasted WoodpeckerColaptes punctigularecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.