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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.

Hábitat: Grasslands

Aspecto

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

Categoría

Aves

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Snaps

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Datos interesantes

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.

Habilidades especiales

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

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

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 28-31 cm
Envergadura: 42-51 cm
Peso: 0.1-0.15 kg
Esperanza de vida: 5-12 años
Top Speed: 50 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta: 3-5
Incubación: 11-14 días

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

Ants
Termites
Beetles
Caterpillars
Wild fruits
Berries

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

Con plumas

Describe a los animales, principalmente aves, que poseen una cubierta de plumas.

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.