These are woodpeckers, but in many instances ... they were lumped into one species, the Northern flicker. Previously the two were known as the red-shafted flicker and the yellow-shafted flicker.

"The stately Pileated Woodpecker is the largest of the ... it pecks provide homes and nests for many other bird species." "The Northern Flicker is at home in both forest and urban environments ...

There is a third sub-species called a “gilded” flicker that lives in southern California and Mexico. It does not usually show ...