- Colaptes pitius
Identification
30 cm (11¾ in)
- Crown to nape slate-grey
- Upperside blackish brown with buff barring (wear leads to browner appearance with less barring).
- Tail blackish, whitish bars on outer feathers
- Underside whitish with blackish-brown bars
- Side of face, chin and upper throat buffy, on male with blackish malar
- In flight shows white rump and and yellowish shaft areas of primaries
Similar species
Only flicker in most of its range. Distinguished from Andean_Flicker of the higher Andes by its heavily barred belly. [2]
Distribution
South America: found in Chile (Coquimbo to Magallenes), and adjacent Argentina.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Shrubland up to 1500m, Notophagus forest and open woodland. [2]
Behaviour
Diet
Like other flickers, forages on the ground for ants and other insects as well as in trees. [2]
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Jaramillo, A. 2003. Birds of Chile. Princeton & Oxford: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117409
- Winkler, H. and D. A. Christie (2020). Chilean Flicker (Colaptes pitius), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.chifli1.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chilean Flicker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chilean_Flicker
