Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyPicidae (Woodpeckers)
- GenusColaptes (Flickers and Allies)
- SpeciesColaptes auratus (Northern Flicker)
Closest Relatives at Banff National Park
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Picoides dorsalis
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Downy Woodpecker
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosus
Red-naped Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Black-backed Woodpecker
Picoides arcticus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Northern Flicker in Banff National Park?
About 24% of visitor-days record a Northern Flicker sighting in Banff National Park, based on 952 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Northern Flicker in Banff National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Northern Flicker in Banff National Park in our monthly data.