Piciformes / Picidae / Colaptes

Gilded Flicker

Colaptes chrysoides

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Colaptes chrysoides brunnescens

northern and central Baja California
Colaptes chrysoides chrysoides

southern Baja California
Colaptes chrysoides mearnsi

far southeastern California to Arizona and northwestern Mexico (northern Sonora)
Colaptes chrysoides tenebrosus

northwestern Mexico (northern Sonora to northern Sinaloa)

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.