A Northern Flicker perched on a branch. Superficially resembles the Yellow-shafted subspecies, but has red mixed into the moustachial stripe (Red-shafted trait), instead of being all black. "Hybrids" between subspecies are called intergrades.
Male Northern Flicker intergrade.
(Vancouver BC, December 20 2025)
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