yellow-shafted flicker

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yel·low-shaft·ed flicker

 (yĕl′ō-shăf′tĭd)
n.
A subspecies (Colaptes auratus subsp. auratus) of the northern flicker found in northern and eastern North America, having a black crescent on the breast, a conspicuous white rump, and yellow shafts in the wing and tail feathers. Also called yellowhammer.
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Noun1.yellow-shafted flicker - large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tailyellow-shafted flicker - large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail
Colaptes auratus, yellowhammer
flicker - North American woodpecker
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