Northern Flicker
OrderPiciformes
FamilyPicidae
HabitatForest
RangeNorth America
Length32 cm
Wingspan50 cm
Weight150 g
DietInsectivore
About the Northern Flicker
A woodpecker that prefers feeding on the ground, lapping ants with a barbed tongue that extends 5 cm. Two forms exist, yellow-shafted in the east and red-shafted in the west. Undulating flight flashes bright underwings. Drums on metal chimneys in spring.