Gilded Flicker
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Gilded Flicker

Colaptes chrysoides

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Bahía de Loreto National Park
137 Verified records at Bahía de Loreto National Park
November Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

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. Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Gilded Flicker sighting in Bahía de Loreto National Park, based on 137 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Bahía de Loreto National Park

Gila Woodpecker
LC

Gila Woodpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Melanerpes uropygialis

60–70% · Likely
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
LC

Ladder-backed Woodpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dryobates scalaris

5–10% · With luck
Red-naped Sapsucker
LC

Red-naped Sapsucker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sphyrapicus nuchalis

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
5–10
Feb
10–20
Mar
10–20
Apr
20–30
May
10–20
Jun
10–20
Jul
10–20
Aug
10–20
Sep
10–20
Oct
30–40
Nov
10–20
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
10–20%
2 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
5–10%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Gilded Flicker in Bahía de Loreto National Park?

About 15% of wildlife watchers report a Gilded Flicker sighting in Bahía de Loreto National Park, based on 137 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Gilded Flicker in Bahía de Loreto National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Gilded Flicker in Bahía de Loreto National Park in our monthly data.

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