Northern flicker

Northern flicker

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The northern flicker is a large sized woodpecker bird with a slim and rounded head.^[1]It is also known as the clape, gaffer woodpecker, harry-wicket,^[2] heigh-ho, wake-up, walk-up, wick-up, yarrup, and gawker bird. Many of these names come from some of its calls. It is the state bird of Alabama (known by one of its name "yellowhammer").

They are well known for eating ants off the ground, something that is different from other woodpeckers.

1. ↑ "Northern Flicker Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology". www.allaboutbirds.org. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
2. ↑ "Burrowing Owl". www.grpg.org. Retrieved 2023-04-11.