一只金翼啄木鸟（视频）
A Northern Flicker （北扑翅鴷（pronouciation: liè, 4th tone)，北美扑翅鴷， 金翼啄木鸟）
11/19/2025 Take from inside
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Brief introduction from Germini:
Northern Flicker: T
he Ground-Foraging Woodpecker The Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) is a medium-sized bird belonging to the woodpecker family (Picidae), but it stands out from its relatives due to its unusual appearance and behavior.
Key Characteristics Appearance: They are mostly brown with black bars on the back, a black crescent on the chest, and numerous black spots on the belly. Flash of Color: When they fly, they reveal a brilliant flash of color on the underside of their wings and tail: yellow in the East (Yellow-shafted Flicker) and red/salmon in the West (Red-shafted Flicker). White Rump: A distinctive, bright white patch on the rump is easily visible in flight.
? Unique Behavior and Diet Ground Feeder: Unlike most woodpeckers, the Northern Flicker spends a significant amount of time hopping on the ground to find food. Ant Eater: Their primary food source is ants and other terrestrial insects, which they extract from the soil using their specialized, long, barbed tongues.
Habitat and Range Flickers are common across most of North America, favoring open woodlands, forest edges, parks, and suburban areas where they have both trees for nesting and open ground for foraging. Northern populations are one of the few migratory woodpecker species. The large, spacious cavities they excavate for nests are often reused by other species, making the flicker a valuable "ecosystem engineer." d
eepseek的简介：
中文名称
正式中文名： 北美扑动鴷 “扑动鴷”是这个属鸟类的统称，形象地描述了它们飞行时翅膀扑动的姿态。 常用名： 北扑翅鴷 此外，根据其羽毛特征，它也被俗称为金翼啄木鸟。
简介
北美扑动鴷是一种中型啄木鸟，广泛分布于北美洲。它非常独特，是大多数人印象中最不像啄木鸟的啄木鸟。
主要特征：
地栖习性： 与大多数在树干上攀爬的啄木鸟不同，北美扑动鴷非常喜欢在地面上觅食。你经常可以在草地、田野上看到它们用弯曲的喙啄食蚂蚁（它们是它们最主要的食物）。
醒目的羽毛：
身体： 上身呈灰褐色，布满黑色横斑、条形斑点和心形斑点。
下身： 胸部有一块明显的黑色半月形斑块。
尾部： 飞行时，尾羽的白色部分非常显眼。
羽色差异： 根据亚种不同，它们的翅膀下和尾羽内侧呈现出鲜艳的黄色（主要分布在西部和北部）或红色（主要分布在东部和阿拉斯加），被称为“黄轴型”和“红轴型”。
标志性白斑： 当它们站立时，臀部位置醒目的白色羽毛是快速识别它们的标志。
声音： 它们会发出响亮的、连续的“咯咯咯”的叫声，也喜欢用喙猛烈地敲击金属烟囱、雨檐等，发出巨大的“哒哒哒”声，以宣告领地和求偶。
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