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Colaptes auratus
Northern Flicker
Death Valley National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Common

Scientific Name with Authority:		Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Northern Flicker
Park Synonyms:		Colaptes auratus luteus, Colaptes auratus collaris, Colaptes cafer, Colaptes cafer collaris

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Piciformes, Family Picidae, Genus Colaptes, Species Colaptes auratus


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SU
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		CA: SNR; NV: S5
Evidence:		166 Observations, 12 Vouchers, 16 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Agate Fossil Beds National Monument	Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site	Amistad National Recreation Area
Anacostia Park	Antietam National Battlefield
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Arches National Park	Arkansas Post National Memorial
Assateague Island National Seashore	Aztec Ruins National Monument
Badlands National Park	Baltimore-Washington National Parkway
Bandelier National Monument	Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve	Big Bend National Park
Big Cypress National Preserve	Big Hole National Battlefield
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area	Big Thicket National Preserve
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area	Biscayne National Park
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park	Blue Ridge Parkway
Bluestone National Scenic River	Booker T. Washington National Monument
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area	Bryce Canyon National Park
Buffalo National River	Cabrillo National Monument
Canaveral National Seashore	Canyon De Chelly National Monument
Canyonlands National Park	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Capitol Reef National Park	Capulin Volcano National Monument
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument	Catoctin Mountain Park
Cedar Breaks National Monument	Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Chamizal National Memorial	Channel Islands National Park
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Chiricahua National Monument	City Of Rocks National Reserve
Colonial National Historical Park	Colorado National Monument
Congaree National Park	Coronado National Memorial
Cowpens National Battlefield	Crater Lake National Park
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve	Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Curecanti National Recreation Area
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Denali National Park and Preserve	Devils Postpile National Monument
Devils Tower National Monument	Dinosaur National Monument
Dry Tortugas National Park	Effigy Mounds National Monument
Eisenhower National Historic Site	El Malpais National Monument
El Morro National Monument	Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site	Everglades National Park
Fire Island National Seashore	First State National Historical Park
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument	Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Caroline National Memorial	Fort Circle Parks
Fort Davis National Historic Site	Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Fort Frederica National Monument	Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Fort Larned National Historic Site	Fort Matanzas National Monument
Fort Necessity National Battlefield	Fort Pulaski National Monument
Fort Union National Monument	Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site	Fort Washington Park
Fossil Butte National Monument	Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve	Gateway National Recreation Area
Gauley River National Recreation Area	George Washington Birthplace National Monument
George Washington Carver National Monument	George Washington Memorial Parkway
Gettysburg National Military Park	Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve	Glacier National Park
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Golden Spike National Historical Park	Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Portage National Monument	Grand Teton National Park
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site	Great Basin National Park
Great Falls Park	Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Greenbelt Park
Guadalupe Mountains National Park	Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Harmony Hall	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site	Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
Homestead National Historical Park	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site	Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
Hot Springs National Park	Hovenweep National Monument
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site	Indiana Dunes National Park
Isle Royale National Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Jewel Cave National Monument	John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
John Muir National Historic Site	Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Joshua Tree National Park	Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Katmai National Park and Preserve	Kenai Fjords National Park
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Kings Mountain National Military Park	Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site	Kobuk Valley National Park
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve	Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area	Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
Lassen Volcanic National Park	Lava Beds National Monument
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park	Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument	Little River Canyon National Preserve
Mammoth Cave National Park	Manassas National Battlefield Park
Manzanar National Historic Site	Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site	Mesa Verde National Park
Minute Man National Historical Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Missouri National Recreational River	Mojave National Preserve
Monocacy National Battlefield	Montezuma Castle National Monument
Moores Creek National Battlefield	Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Muir Woods National Monument	Natchez Trace Parkway
National Capital Parks	National Capital Parks-East
National Mall and Memorial Parks	Natural Bridges National Monument
Navajo National Monument	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Nez Perce National Historical Park	Ninety Six National Historic Site
Niobrara National Scenic River	Noatak National Preserve
Obed Wild and Scenic River	Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
Olympic National Park	Oregon Caves National Monument
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument	Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run
Oxon Run National Parkway	Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Padre Island National Seashore	Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
Parashant National Monument	Pea Ridge National Military Park
Pecos National Historical Park	Petersburg National Battlefield
Petrified Forest National Park	Petroglyph National Monument
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore	Pinnacles National Park
Pipe Spring National Monument	Pipestone National Monument
Piscataway Park	Point Reyes National Seashore
Presidio of San Francisco	Prince William Forest Park
Redwood National Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	Rocky Mountain National Park
Russell Cave National Monument	Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Saguaro National Park	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park	Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park	San Juan Island National Historical Park
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	Scotts Bluff National Monument
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	Shenandoah National Park
Shiloh National Military Park	Sitka National Historical Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Stones River National Battlefield
Suitland Parkway	Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Timpanogos Cave National Monument	Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
Tonto National Monument	Tumacacori National Historical Park
Tuzigoot National Monument	Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
Valles Caldera National Preserve	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site	Vicksburg National Military Park
Voyageurs National Park	Walnut Canyon National Monument
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site	Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
White House	White Sands National Park
Whitman Mission National Historic Site	Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Wind Cave National Park	Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
Wrangell - St Elias National Park and Preserve	Wupatki National Monument
Yellowstone National Park	Yosemite National Park
Yucca House National Monument	Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve
Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	5/23/2014

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