Editing Northern flicker (section)

{{Short description|Member of the woodpecker family}}
{{Other uses|Yellowhammer (disambiguation)}}
{{About|the North American bird |the Eurasian bird |Yellowhammer}}
{{Speciesbox
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Colaptes auratus'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22726404A94921271 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22726404A94921271.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| image = Northern Flicker.jpg
| image_caption = Female in Oregon, USA
| image2 = 
| image2_caption = 
| genus = Colaptes
| species = auratus
| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])
| range_map = {{Multiple image
| image1            = Colaptes auratus map.svg
| image2            = Colaptes cafer map.svg
| total_width       = 200
| image3            = Colaptes auratus map 2.svg
| perrow            = 1/2
| align             = center
}}
| range_map_caption = Approximate distribution of the species (top), the red-shafted group (left), and the yellow-shafted group (right).
{{leftlegend|#ff9955|Breeding}}
{{leftlegend|#8d5fd3|Year-round}}
{{leftlegend|#afc6e9|Nonbreeding}}
| range_map2 = 
| synonyms = *''Cuculus auratus'' {{small|Linnaeus,&nbsp;1758}}
*''Picus auratus'' {{small|Linnaeus,&nbsp;1766}}
}}
The '''northern flicker''' or '''common flicker''' ('''''Colaptes auratus''''') is a medium-sized bird of the [[woodpecker]] family. It is native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba, and the [[Cayman Islands]], and is one of the few woodpecker species that [[Bird migration|migrate]]. Over 100 common names for the northern flicker are known, including '''yellowhammer''' (not to be confused with the [[Yellowhammer|Eurasian yellowhammer (''Emberiza citrinella'')]]), '''clape''', '''gaffer woodpecker''', '''harry-wicket''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Burrowing Owl |url=http://www.grpg.org/birdExample.php?atype=Birds&aname=Northern-Flicker |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=www.grpg.org}}</ref> '''heigh-ho''', '''wake-up''', '''walk-up''', '''wick-up''', '''yarrup''', and '''gawker bird'''. Many of these names derive from attempts to imitate some of its [[Bird vocalization|calls]]. It is the state bird of Alabama (known by its colloquial name "yellowhammer").<ref>{{cite web |url=https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol/alabama/state-bird/yellowhammer-woodpecker |title=State symbols USA |date=23 April 2014 |access-date=27 February 2022}}</ref>