Gilded Flicker

Desert Gold Woodpecker ( Colaptes chrysoides )

The Desert Flicker ( Colaptes chrysoides ) is a species in the subfamily of the Real woodpeckers ( Picinae ) and the genus of gold woodpeckers ( Colaptes ).

Features

The Desert Gold woodpecker counts with 29 centimeters of the larger woodpeckers. His back and wings are brown - black stripes, a white chest is black - spotted. In addition there is a broad black collar. The male has a red stripe on his beak approach. Its distribution area is adjacent to the gold woodpecker ( Colaptes auratus). The main distinguishing feature is the wing bases, which are red in the desert gold woodpecker yellow gold and the gold woodpecker.

Occurrence

The Desert Gold Woodpecker is in the Sonoran Desert in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, on the Baja California - except the northwestern region - spread. He typically builds its nesting hole in Saguaro cacti. Its diet consists mainly of ants and other insects.