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Gilded Flicker

Colaptes chrysoides

The Gilded Flicker is a colorful woodpecker with a golden hue. They love to peck on trees and make funny sounds. You can often see them in open woodlands and grasslands.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Gilded Flicker is a medium-sized woodpecker with a brownish-barred back and a pale, spotted belly marked by a distinct black crescent on its chest. Its most striking feature is the bright yellow-orange flash visible in its wings and tail during flight.

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Gilded Flicker
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Gilded Flicker

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Gilded Flickers eat thousands of ants and termites using their super long sticky tongue!

Males attract mates by "drumming" on hollow trees or even metal objects!

They often build their cozy nests inside giant saguaro cacti, making unique desert homes!

Unlike most woodpeckers, Gilded Flickers love to find tasty food foraging right on the ground.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Desert Driller

Gilded Flicker can excavate sturdy nest cavities in tough saguaro cacti using its strong beak.

Fähigkeit

Ant Magnet Tongue

Gilded Flicker has an incredibly long, barbed, sticky tongue that helps them extract ants from deep crevices.

Fähigkeit

Vertical Grip

Gilded Flicker has zygodactyl feet and stiff tail feathers that help them cling vertically to tree trunks.

Maße und Details

Länge
28-31 cm
Flügelspannweite
42-51 cm
Gewicht
0.1-0.15 kg
Lebenserwartung
5-12 Jahre
Top Speed
50 km/h
Gelegegröße
3-5
Brutzeit
11-14 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These birds mainly feast on insects, especially ants, found on the ground or in trees.

Hauptnahrung

  • Ants
  • Termites
  • Beetles
  • Caterpillars
  • Wild fruits
  • Berries

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

shelters

Saguaro Cactus

Carnegiea gigantea

Uses its excavated cavities for nesting and roosting.

eats

Silky Ant

Formica pallidefulva

Feeds primarily on this and other ant species found on the ground.

eaten by

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Eggs, young, and adults are sometimes prey for this raptor.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Enjoy watching birds from a distance, and don't try to touch or catch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Gilded Flicker?

28-31 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Gilded Flicker?

42-51 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Gilded Flicker?

0.1-0.15 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Gilded Flicker?

5-12 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Gilded Flicker?

50 km/h

Was frisst Gilded Flicker?

These birds mainly feast on insects, especially ants, found on the ground or in trees.

Wo findet man Gilded Flicker normalerweise?

Grasslands

Wie jagt Gilded Flicker?

Foraging

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