Woodpeckers of North America
Northern Flicker

Overview

Latin Name Colaptes auratus
Size
Range
Habitat
Nesting
Status
General Literature

Bent, Arthur Cleveland. Life Histories of North American Woodpeckers. New York: Dover Publications, 1964

Kilham, Lawrence. Life History Studies of Woodpeckers of Eastern North America. Cambridge, Mass.: Nuttall Ornithological Club, 1983.

Short, Lester L. Woodpeckers of the World. Greenville, Del.: Delaware Museum of Natural History, 1982.

Skutch, Alexander Frank. Life of the Woodpecker. Santa Monica: Ibis Publishing Co., 1985.

Winkler, Hans et al. Woodpeckers: A Guide to the Woodpeckers of the World. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995.
Species-specific Literature

Baker, Maurice F. and George O. Hendrickson. “The Wintering of a Northern Flicker in Central Iowa.” Journal of Field Ornithology (July; 1937)

Berman, Susan et al. “Interspecific Variation in the Hindlimb Musculature of the Northern Flicker.” Condor (May-June; 1998)

England, E. G. “A Record of the Northern Flicker in Butte County, California.” Condor (July-August; 1941)

Fisher, Walter K. “Northern Flicker at Auburn, California.” Condor (November-December; 1904)

Fletcher, Stephen D. and William S. Moore. “Further Analysis of Allozyme Variation in the Northern Flicker, in Comparison with Mitochondrial DNA Variation.” Condor (July-August; 1992)

Floyd, Charles B. “A Northern Flicker’s Unusual Manner of Bathing.” Journal of Field Ornithology (October; 1937)

Giles, LeRoy W. “Occurrence of the Yellow-shafted Flicker in Northern California.” Condor (May-June; 1985)

Grudzien, Thaddeus A. et al. “Genetic Population Structure and Gene Flow in the Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Hybrid Zone.” Auk (October-December; 1987)

Ingold, Danny J. “Delayed Nesting Decreases Reproductive Success in Northern Flickers: Implications for Competition with European Starlings.” Journal of Field Ornithology (Spring; 1996)

Kerpez, Theodore A, and Norman S. Smith. “Nest-site Selection and Nest-Cavity Characteristics of Gila Woodpeckers and Northern Flickers.” Condor (January-February; 1990)

Koenig, Walter D. “Geographic Variation in Clutch Size in the Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus); Support for Ashmole’s Hypothesis.” Auk (October-December; 1984)

McGillivary, W. Bruce and Gloria C. Biermann. “Expansion of the Zone of Hybridization of Northern Flickers in Alberta.” Wilson Bulletin (October-December; 1987)

Moore, William S. Northern Flicker: Colaptes auratus. Academy of Natural Sciences, 1995.

Rathbun, S. F. “Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus luteus) in San Juan County, Wash.” Auk (October-December; 1911)

Sherman, Althea R. “At the Sign of the Northern Flicker.” Wilson Bulletin (September-December; 1910)

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