ML73726321
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted x Red-shafted) Colaptes auratus luteus x cafer
Contributor
Rabecca Lausch Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Pahranagat NWR--Middle Marsh
Lincoln, Nevada, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Unknown age, Female - X
Observation details
This was a pretty confusing bird, I'm not gonna lie. It definitely had yellow wing shafts and tail, but its face was mostly gray, with a faint brown mustache which is characteristic of red-shafted or gilded, but not yellow-shafted flickers. It's possible this is a YS/RS intergrade, but I think it is just as possible that this is a RS/Gilded hybrid as gilded flickers breed in the joshua tree forests of Nevada, closer than any yellow-shafted breeders. I'm sorry I couldn't get a better shot of the crown to assess its amount of cinnamon, but she wasn't interested in coming out to play. Interestingly, the refuge manager said he's seen this (or a) yellow bird in this area the past two years. But I don't know any more details than that.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D3000
- ISO
- 200
- Focal length
- 300 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/400 sec
- Dimensions
- 2896 pixels x 1944 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.44 MB