Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Synopsis:
Nests throughout the state wherever suitable tree cavities are
present.
Habitat Associations:
strongest
Shasta Red Fir-Mountain Hemlock Forest (54084 acres)
Ponderosa Pine-dominant Mixed Conifer Forest (427287 acres)
Northeast Mixed Conifer Forest (3097610 acres)
Jeffery Pine Forest/Woodland (53780 acres)
Conifer Woodland on Serpentine Bedrock (51874 acres)
Lodgepole Pine Forest/Woodland (256439 acres)
Ponderosa Pine Forest/Woodland (4744958 acres)
Douglas Fir dominant - Mixed Conifer Forest (2553242 acres)
Ponderosa Pine/White Oak Forest & Woodland (163195 acres)
Ponderosa Pine-W. Juniper Woodland (201479 acres)
Ponderosa-Lodgepole Pine on Pumice (1502766 acres)
Aspen Groves (22267 acres)
Mixed Conifer/Mixed Deciduous Forest (1428540 acres)
Siskiyou Mtns Mixed Deciduous Forest (200392 acres)
Grassland & Fir-Ponderosa Interspersed (382728 acres)
Edges of Recently Cutover/Burnt Forest (1846640 acres)
Western Oregon Riverine Woodland (27749 acres)
strong
Sitka Spruce-W. Hemlock Maritime Forest (402570 acres)
Mountain Hemlock Montane Forest (331694 acres)
True Fir-Hemlock Montane Forest (1590158 acres)
Whitebark-Lodgepole Pine Montane Forest (1323 acres)
Subalpine Fir-Lodgepole Pine Montane Conifer (714255 acres)
Douglas Fir-W. Hemlock-W. Red Cedar Forest (6616951 acres)
Douglas Fir-Port Orford Cedar Forest (166447 acres)
Douglas Fir-Mixed Deciduous Forest (2934 acres)
Douglas Fir-White Fir/Tanoak-Madrone Mixed Forest (1126272 acres)
Douglas Fir/White Oak Forest (196688 acres)
W. Juniper Woodland (3772732 acres)
Red Alder (125162 acres)
White Oak Forest (115577 acres)
South coast Mixed Forest (2888 acres)
Mountain Mahogany Shrubland (1378 acres)
Subalpine Scattered Trees & Shrubs (76261 acres)
Urban/Residential (619139 acres)
Edges of Cropland/Pasture/Orchard (6440559 acres)
Streamside/Wetland Shrubland (2171 acres)
some
Sagebrush Steppe (5098189 acres)
Big Sagebrush Shrubland (11275885 acres)
Northeast Canyon Grass & Shrubland (404694 acres)
Northeast Modified Grassland (962490 acres)
Lake/Pond Shoreline & Islands (731848 acres)
lesser
Coastal Lodgepole Forest (757 acres)
Siskiyou Mtns Shrubland on Serpentine Bedrock (32403 acres)
Manzanita-dominant Shrubland (15439 acres)
Subalpine Grassland (107229 acres)
Coastal Headland Grass & Shrubland (2285 acres)
Relative Detectability:
Easy to detect and to confirm nesting.
Challenge:
Refine knowledge of distribution within the most arid areas.