New visitor- Phoenix, AZ (1 Viewer)

[MJSjourney]

Can anyone help id my new friend? I have more pics if needed!

 

[Butty]

Northern flicker

 

[Bewick]

Any pics of it in flight, hopefully ones that show it’s shaft?

 

[Bewick]

Northern flicker

What makes it a northern flicker over a gilded flicker?

 

[KC Foggin]

we can't see if there is and red under the tail but it's not quiite a Northern Flicker in my staring at it.

 

[Butty]

What makes it a northern flicker over a gilded flicker?

Good point. Relatively-broad barring on upperparts suggests northern flicker. Apparently yellowy area along primary-shaft suggests gilded flicker. Crown/hindneck are rather equivocal. Pass.

 

[rkj]

Can anyone help id my new friend? I have more pics if needed!

If you have them, photos showing the spread tail might be helpful.

 

[nartreb]

Cap is golden, throat spot is large and messy-bordered, breast background is silver-gray, not brownish; wings are not as completely dark as for Northern. Gilded for me.

 

[Bewick]

Cap is golden, throat spot is large and messy-bordered, breast background is silver-gray, not brownish; wings are not as completely dark as for Northern. Gilded for me.

Wouldn't be so sure myself, most of those ID pointers also fit for red-shafted northern flickers.

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