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Gilded flicker

Colaptes chrysoides (Malherbe, 1852)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The gilded flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) is a species in the family Picidae, order Piciformes. Recorded adults weigh about 111 g and live up to 6.33 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Gilded flicker (Colaptes chrysoides)
Photo: Glenn Seplak from Tucson, Arizona · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the gilded flicker

Weight
111 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
6.33 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3.95src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the gilded flicker live?

Not recorded

What is the gilded flicker?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The gilded flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) is a large woodpecker (mean length of 29 cm (11 in)) of the Sonoran, Yuma, and eastern Colorado Desert regions of the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, including all of the Baja California peninsula except the extreme northwestern region. Yellow underwings distinguish the gilded flicker from the northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) found within the same region, which has red underwings.

From the Wikipedia article “Gilded flicker” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gilded_flicker&oldid=1321527863), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the gilded flicker endangered?

The gilded flicker is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the gilded flicker classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPiciformes
  5. familyPicidae
  6. genusColaptes
  7. SpeciesColaptes chrysoides (Malherbe, 1852)

Synonyms Geopicus chrysoides

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • picot de casc dauratCatalan
  • datel zlatokřídlýCzech
  • GilaspætteDanish
  • Baja GuldspætteDanish
  • WüstengoldspechtGerman
  • orkaska pegoEsperanto
  • Carpintero collarejoSpanish
  • Carpintero de CaliforniaSpanish
  • Carpintero de Pechera del NoroesteSpanish
  • Carpintero escapulario californianoSpanish
  • saguaaro-täpikrähnEstonian
  • sonorankultatikkaFinnish
  • Pic chrysoïdeFrench
  • Pic des saguarosFrench
  • kalifornijska žunaCroatian
  • Picchio doratoItalian
  • ヒメハシボソキツツキJapanese
  • ミナミハシボソキツツキJapanese
  • juodakrūtis ylasnapis genysLithuanian
  • TʼáyaałtsoNavajo
  • GeelvleugelgrondspechtDutch
  • Californische GrondspechtDutch
  • saguarospettNorwegian
  • dzięcioł pustynnyPolish
  • pica-pau-da-califórniaPortuguese
  • pica-pau-de-asa-douradaPortuguese
  • Золотистый дятелRussian
  • vlikáč šafranovýSlovak
  • Saguaro žunaSerbian
  • Gümüş AğaçkakanTurkish
  • декол каліфорнійськийUkrainian
  • 黄扑翅䴕Chinese
  • 金黃撲動鴷Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the gilded flicker

Other species in the same genus Colaptes.

CompareGilded flicker vs Northern flickerGilded flicker vs Andean flickerGilded flicker vs Campo flickerGilded flicker vs Chilean flicker

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the gilded flicker?

An adult gilded flicker weighs 111 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the gilded flicker endangered?

The gilded flicker is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the gilded flicker live?

The gilded flicker has a recorded lifespan of 6.33 years.

What kind of animal is the gilded flicker?

The gilded flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) belongs to the family Picidae in the order Piciformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Gilded flicker (Colaptes chrysoides). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/gilded-flicker

MLA

“Gilded flicker (Colaptes chrysoides).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/gilded-flicker.

BibTeX
@misc{gilded_flicker_2026,
  title = {Gilded flicker (Colaptes chrysoides)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gilded-flicker},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}