Red-shafted Flicker 239 
Thompson, which he believed, from, an examination of the young birds, 
belonged to the Yellow Flicker. I this be correct it is the first breeding 
record for the State. 
Red-shafted Flicker. Colaptes cafer collaris. 
A.O.U. Checklist no 413—Colorado Records—Allen, 72, pp. 151, 158, 
163, 180 (Colaptes mexicanus); Aiken 72, p. 207; Trippe 74, p. 295; 
Henshaw 75, p. 401; Scott 79, p. 95; Drew 81, p. 141; 85, p. 17; 
Tresz 81, p. 187; Allen & Brewster 83, p. 196; Beckham 85, p. 143, 
87, p. 124; Morrison 88, p. 115; 89, p. 145; Kellogg 90, p. 88; Goss 
91, p. 341 ; Lowe 94, p. 268 ; Cooke 97, pp. 85, 162, 208 ; Dille 03, p. 74; 
Henderson 03, p. 235; 09, p. 231; Warren 06, p. 21; 08, p. 21; 09, 
p- 15; Gilman 07, p. 154; Markman 07, p. 156; Richards 08, p. 38 ; 
Rockwell 08, p. 164. 
Description.—Male—Resembling C. a. luteus in most respects—in its 
banded back, white rump and black wings and tail; differing as follows : 
fore-part of crown vinaceous shading into grey on the nape, sides of the 
face and breast ; no red nape band ; moustache spot scarlet, not black ; 
shafts and linings of the wing and tail-quills orange-red to vermilion ; 
ground-colour of the upper and lower sides rather more pinkish in 
shade; iris dark brown, bill dusky slate, feet dusky horn. Length 
12-5; wing 6-5; tail 4-75; culmen 1-65; tarsus 1-15. 
The female is like the male, but has no red moustache patch ; wing 
6-25. A young male, killed July 23rd, has the whole head and nape 
cinnamon, or vinaceous and the red moustache already distinct, and is 
otherwise much like the adult (see Plate 7). 
Distribution From south-eastern British Columbia to western 
Texas and perhaps northern Mexico, west to the Pacific in California, 
to the Cascades from Oregon northwards. 
The Red-shafted Flicker is a very common, resident throughout the 
whole of Colorado, breeding from, the plains to about 10,000 feet, and 
often wandering higher up to 12,000 feet—Boreas Pass at 12,000 feet 
and at 11,700 near Crested Butte (Warren). It winters in considerable 
numbers in the foothills along the creeks, though a certain number 
undoubtedly move further south. Warren met with it even as high as 
Mosca at 7,560 feet on January 17th, and it is quite a common winter 
bird about Colorado Springs. 
The following are some notices: Boulder co., resident, breeding 
5,500 to 9,000 (Gale); Idaho Springs, April to October only (Trippe) ; 
Twin Lakes, breeding (Scott); Pikes Peak to timber line in summer 
(Aiken); Ramah, nesting (Aiken); Wet Mountains, nesting to 10,000 
feet (Lowe); Mesa co., common, resident, breeding at all altitudes, 
wintering along streams at lower levels (Rockwell); Montrose co., 
resident, more common in summer (Warren 09); San Juan co., 
summer only (Drew). 
