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 Rocky Mountain National Park
Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosus
Red-naped Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Downy Woodpecker
Dryobates pubescens
Williamson's Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Picoides dorsalis
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius
📅 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 Rocky Mountain National Park?
About 49% of visitor-days record a Northern Flicker sighting in Rocky Mountain National Park, based on 3449 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Northern Flicker in Rocky Mountain National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Northern Flicker in Rocky Mountain National Park in our monthly data.