| BirdNET ID | BN02415 |
| Taxon group | Aves |
| Commonness | Common (63/100) How often it is observed on iNaturalist compared with other Aves, not how abundant it is |
| Image source | iNaturalist |
| Avicommons | Photo by Adam Jackson (cc0) |
The Guatemalan flicker (Colaptes mexicanoides) is a species of bird in the family Picidae, the woodpeckers. It is found in Middle America from southern Mexico to Nicaragua. The Guatemalan flicker is 25.9 to 32.9 cm (10 to 13 in) long and weighs about 115 to 135 g (4.1 to 4.8 oz). The sexes have almost the same plumage, differing only on the face. Females have a cinnamon "mustache" and males a bright red one. Adults of both sexes have a cinnamon rufous to rufous-chestnut crown and nape on an otherwise gray face, throat, and neck. Their back has wide black and light brown bars. Their rump and uppertail coverts are white with some black spots on the former and black bars on the latter. The upper side of their tail is black and the underside rufous orange with wide black tips on the feathers. Their scapulars, wing coverts, and secondaries are barred with black and light brown. The top side of their rectrices are black with orange or red shafts and the bottoms orange- or salmon-pink. They have a black crescent on the upper breast. The rest of their underparts are dull white in the middle becoming pale pinkish gray on the sides, with a roundish black spot on the tip of each feather. They have a dark reddish brown iris, a dull brownish black to slaty black bill, and bluish to gray legs and feet.