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Colaptes auratus
Northern flicker
Whitman Mission National Historic Site
			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:

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:		WA: S5
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 5 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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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	Death 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
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John Day Fossil Beds National Monument	John Muir National Historic Site
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	Kings Mountain National Military Park
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park	Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
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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
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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
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Last Modified Date:	2/19/2005

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