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.
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.
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.
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.
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