![A Northern Flicker with bright orange feathers on the bottoms of its wings and tail perches on a thin branch with its wings open.](https://media.audubon.org/2024-06/Aud_APA-2023_Northern-Flicker_Elaeagnus-angustifolia_A1_26964-0_Photo-Jun-Forest.jpg?width=233&height=200&auto=webp&quality=10&fit=crop&disable=upscale&enable=upscale&blur=100)
10 Fun Facts About the Northern Flicker
June 21, 2024 —
Discover the quirks that make this weird woodpecker—whatever you want to call it—so distinctive.
Ben Hack is a summer editorial intern for Audubon magazine. A lifelong birder and conservationist, his work has previously appeared in Living Bird and Birding.