Andean Flicker

Andean Flicker
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Picidae
Genus:	Colaptes
Species:	C. rupicola
Binomial name
Colaptes rupicola D'Orbigny, 1840

The Andean Flicker (Colaptes rupicola) is a South American species of woodpecker. It is found in grassland, shrubland and Polylepis woodland at altitudes of 2,000–5,000 metres (6,600–16,000 ft) in the Andes from southern Ecuador to northern Chile and northwestern Argentina. Together with the Campo Flicker and Ground Woodpecker, it is the only largely terrestrial woodpecker.

References

• BirdLife International 2004. Colaptes rupicola. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.

External links

• Andean Flicker videos on the Internet Bird Collection
• Andean Flicker photo gallery VIREO
• Photo-High Res; Article borderland-tours
• Aves de Chile: Andean Flicker - Description and photos

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