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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_8110_3263821.1178049411975 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi Jeannie, I think the Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) used to be two separate species: the Common Flicker (eastern NA yellow-shafted variant, aka Yellowhammer, also Colaptes auratus) and the Red-shafted Flicker (western NA variant, formerly Colaptes cafer, now its subspecific status is uncertain within the species) C. auratus cafer. Bruce On 5/1/07, Jeannie <jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > > Hi, > I see a lot of people reporting Northern flickers and I was wondering if > the > northern flicker and the common flicker are one-in-the-same. > Thank you,Jeannie > Jeannie Shermerhorn,Port Hawkesbury > > Cottage....Cape George,Cape Breton > > > jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca > > ------=_Part_8110_3263821.1178049411975 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi Jeannie,<br><br>I think the Northern Flicker (<span style="font-style: italic;">Colaptes auratus</span>) used to be two separate species: the Common Flicker (eastern NA yellow-shafted variant, aka Yellowhammer, also <span style="font-style: italic;"> Colaptes auratus</span>) and the Red-shafted Flicker (western NA variant, formerly <span style="font-style: italic;">Colaptes cafer</span>, now its subspecific status is uncertain within the species) <span style="font-style: italic;"> C. auratus cafer</span>.<br><br>Bruce<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/1/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jeannie</b> <jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi,<br>I see a lot of people reporting Northern flickers and I was wondering if the<br>northern flicker and the common flicker are one-in-the-same.<br>Thank you,Jeannie<br>Jeannie Shermerhorn,Port Hawkesbury<br><br>Cottage....Cape George,Cape Breton <br><br><br>jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca<br><br></blockquote></div><br> ------=_Part_8110_3263821.1178049411975--
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