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 Great Bear Rainforest
Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosus
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus ruber
Downy Woodpecker
Dryobates pubescens
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Picoides dorsalis
Black-backed Woodpecker
Picoides arcticus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius
Red-naped Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
📅 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 Great Bear Rainforest?
About 32% of visitor-days record a Northern Flicker sighting in Great Bear Rainforest, based on 2767 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Northern Flicker in Great Bear Rainforest?
October has the highest sighting rate for Northern Flicker in Great Bear Rainforest in our monthly data.