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Gilded Flicker

Colaptes chrysoides

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 6,944, February 6,346, March 8,405, April 11,158, May 10,195, June 4,982, July 6,155, August 8,353, September 5,519, October 5,235, November 5,392, December 6,060.
United States87,843
Arizona1,950
Nevada1,491
California1,473
Mexico399
Baja California Sur305
Utah136
Sonora71
Baja California17
Sinaloa6

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderWoodpeckers and Allies · Piciformes
FamilyWoodpeckers · Picidae
GenusFlickers and Allies · Colaptes

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