Red-shafted Flicker on Vancouver Island's east coast...

 

Photos by Dave Kemp

Western Red-shafted Flicker

(Colaptes auratus)

These photos of a Red-shafted Flicker by Vancouver Island photographer Dave Kemp clearly shows the distinguishing

colour features of the western Northern Flicker from the eastern Northern Yellow-shafted Flicker.   The western Red-shafted Flicker has salmon-pink under the wings and tail and a red mustache stripe.   The eastern Yellow-shafted Flicker has bright yellow under the wings and tail and a black mustache stripe.

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