Sapsucker (SE Arizona, today) (1 Viewer)

[JohnKoerner007]

Any help on this one?

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Red-shafted Northern Flicker

 

[Larry Sweetland]

It's a flicker. You might want to look into whether it's Red-shafted or Gilded....

EDIT: cross-post with Andrew, if he's confident I'd go with that

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

It's a flicker. You might want to look into whether it's Red-shafted or Gilded....

EDIT: cross-post with Andrew, if he's confident I'd go with that

I did think about Gilded but I don't think it would show the red in the wings and tail.

 

[Larry Sweetland]

I did think about Gilded but I don't think it would show the red in the wings and tail.

I think so too. Not sure what intergrade situation is like there. Maybe location within SE AZ separates them? I remember seeing Gilded in SE AZ, in low elevation habitats.

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

I think so too. Not sure what intergrade situation is like there. Maybe location within SE AZ separates them? I remember seeing Gilded in SE AZ, in low elevation habitats.

Location might be helpful, although I wonder if things are made more complicated by migrant birds in the winter.

 

[Larry Sweetland]

Location might be helpful, although I wonder if things are made more complicated by migrant birds in the winter.

Just found an ancient scroll which mentions that Gilded is mostly in saguaro desert, and Red-shafted in mountains but comes lower in winter.

 

[JohnKoerner007]

Thanks for the feedback.

It's in Madera Canyon, at the foothills of the Santa Rita Mountains.

Another view ...

 

[Nutcracker]

Agree Red-shafted Northern; Gilded should as per its name be golden on its shafts. Northern is mapped as wintering within Gilded's resident range, so reasonable to get either there at this time of year.

 

[rkj]

Andrew had it right from the first: red-shafted form of Northern Flicker. I see no indication of intergradation with yellow-shafted flicker or hybridization with Gilded Flicker.

 

[Microtus]

Red-shafted Northern Flicker.

 

[KC Foggin]

Red-shafted Northern Flicker.

I agree and nicely captured.