NORTHERN FLICKER
NORTHERN FLICKER (Colaptes auratus collaris)
1897 Santa Cruz Island: “With much interest I read Mr. Jos. Mailliard's article on the birds of Santa Cruz Island in the May-June number of the Bulletin, and finding his experience different from mine in some particulars, I submit a few notes taken principally on the west end of the island in May, 1897... A Flickers ’ nest was seen in a tall dead tree in the bottom of the canon and farther down this canon I found the Santa Cruz Jays nesting. ...”
Beck, R.H. Additional Notes on the Birds of Santa Cruz Island, Cal. The Condor 1(5):85-86 September-October 1899
1898 Santa Cruz Island: “...Following is a list of birds observed during my stay:- Red-shafted Flickerd (Colaptes cafer ) ...”
Mailliard, Jos., Spring Notes on the Birds of Santa Cruz Island, Cal., April,1898 The Condor 1(1):41-45, April 1899
1905-1906 Santa Catalina Island: “Colaptes cafer collaris. Red-shafted Flicker. Flickers were seen but twice. They are probably only winter visitors to the Island, as a diligent search in suitable places failed to reveal a single nesting hole.” [“These notes are the result of two brief sojourns on Santa Catalina Island in the month of April, eight days being spent in 1905, and five in 1906. Fortunately both trips were made after wet seasons; the hills were carpeted with grass, flowers and insects were abundant.”]
Richardson, Charles H., Jr. Spring Notes from Santa Catalina Island The Condor 10(2):65-68, March 1908
1907 San Clemente Island: “Colaptes cafer collaris. Red-shafted Flicker. Frequently seen and heard in the canyons near Mosquito Harbor. An adult male and female secured in October. ” [“Visits were made to Clemente in January, February, March, April and October, 1907.”]
Linton, C. B. Notes from San Clemente Island The Condor 10:82-86, March 1908
1907 Santa Cruz Island: “Colaptes cafer collaris. Red-shafted Flicker. Fairly common near Cochas Pietres [Coches Prietos] and in the pine district. Two specimens preserved.” [“At 11:30 p. m., November 19, 1907, my father (H. Linton), Mr. George Willett, and myself left San Pedro harbor in a dilapidated fishing smack and in company with a crawfisherman, one “Cold-foot” Jorgensen. We arrived off the south end of Santa Cruz Island at 10:30 the following day during a stiff norwester. For various reasons we were unable to make camp until the 22nd. It may not be amiss to state here that twice during the blow we were nearly wrecked: once while at anchor in Potatoe Harbor, a broken anchor allowing the boat to drift within the breaker line and nearly onto the rocks. In this instance the timely arrival of Willett and H. Linton in a small boat, saved the day, and incidentally the fishing smack. At another time (the engine having broken down) we were blown nearly onto the rocks of Anacapa Island; but with father at the wheel and Willett and I on the “sheet” we managed to hold her off. I mention the foregoing, and the many sleepless nights spent on the rocky shores, “running” the surf several times each day (with attendant duckings), etc., merely as a warning to those who seem inclined to believe a field naturalist’s life “strewn with roses”. (Its ’ generally strewn with cacti!)”]
Linton, C. B. Notes from Santa Cruz Island] The Condor 10(3):124-129, May 1908
1927 San Clemente Island: “Colaptes cafer collaris. Red-shafted Flicker. Several birds were seen by all of us on March 26 in the woods of the canyons on the eastern side of the island.” [“Through the generosity of Mr. Silsby M. Spalding who placed at our disposal his splendid cruiser Padariva I the writer accompanied by H. W. Carriger, Dudley DeGroot and 0. W. Howard was enabled to spend the period from March 25 to April 5, 1927, inclusive, among the Channel Islands off the coast of southern California.”]
Pemberton, J. R. Additions to the known avifauna of the Santa Barbara Islands The Condor 30(2):144-148, March-April 1928
1927 Santa Barbara Island: “ Colaptes cafer collaris. Two flickers were seen by all of us.”
Pemberton, J. R. Additions to the known avifauna of the Santa Barbara Islands The Condor 30(2):144-148, March-April 1928
1927 Santa Rosa Island: “ Colaptes cafer collaris. Red-shafted Flicker. We all saw several in the oak timber.”
Pemberton, J. R. Additions to the known avifauna of the Santa Barbara Islands The Condor 30(2):144-148, March-April 1928
CALIFORNIA CHANNEL ISLANDS
BAJA CALIFORNIA ISLANDS
SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| San Clemente Island | C. B. Linton | MCZ | October 12, 1907 | MCZ-56765 | Colaptes cafer collaris | Birds |
| San Clemente Island | C. B. Linton | MCZ | October 17, 1907 | MCZ-56766 | Colaptes cafer collaris | Birds |
| San Clemente Island | C. B. Linton | MCZ | October 17, 1907 | MCZ-56764 | Colaptes cafer collaris | Birds |
SAN NICOLAS ISLAND
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| San Nicolas Island | C. B. Linton | LACM | April 1910 | LACM-206 [destroyed] | Colaptes auratus collaris | Birds |
SANTA CRUZ ISLAND
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Santa Cruz Island | Joseph Grinnell | MVZ | September 2, 1903 | MVZ-32736 | Colaptes auratus collaris | Birds |
| Santa Cruz Island | J. A. Hornung | UMMZ | December 2, 1918 | UMMZ-126528 | Colaptes auratus sedentarius | Birds |
| Santa Cruz Island | J. A. Hornung | CUMV | December 2, 1918 | CUMV-126528 | Colaptes auratus sedentarius | Birds |
| Santa Cruz Island | F. A. Pitelka | MVZ | August 30, 1948 | MVZ-115974 | Colaptes auratus collaris | Birds |
| Santa Cruz Island | F. A. Pitelka | MVZ | August 30, 1948 | MVZ-115975 | Colaptes auratus collaris | Birds |
| Santa Cruz Island | F. A. Pitelka | MVZ | September 2, 1948 | MVZ-115971 | Colaptes auratus collaris | Birds |
| Santa Cruz Island | F. A. Pitelka | MVZ | September 7, 1948 | MVZ-115973 | Colaptes auratus collaris | Birds |
| Santa Cruz Island | Alden H. Miller | MVZ | March 6, 1950 | MVZ-120111 | Colaptes auratus collaris | Birds |
| Santa Cruz Island | Alden H. Miller | MVZ | March 6, 1950 | MVZ-120112 | Colaptes auratus collaris | Birds |
| Santa Cruz Island | Alden H. Miller | MVZ | March 6, 1950 | MVZ-120113 | Colaptes auratus collaris | Birds |
BAJA CALIFORNIA ISLANDS
ISLA GUADALUPE
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Isla Guadalupe | Edward Palmer | NMNH | April 1875 | USNM- 70000 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Edward Palmer | NMNH | April 1875 | USNM- 70001 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Edward Palmer | NMNH | April 1875 | USNM- 70002 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Lyman Belding | AMNH | April 1885 | AMNH-55216 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Lyman Belding | AMNH | April 1885 | AMNH-55217 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Lyman Belding | NMNH | April 1885 | USNM-107004 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Walter Bryant | MCZ | January 8, 1886 | MCZ-213091 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Walter Bryant | MCZ | January 23, 1886 | MCZ-213092 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | R. H. Beck | AMNH | January 12, 1900 | AMNH-487138 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | R. H. Beck | AMNH | January 12, 1900 | AMNH-487139 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | May 6, 1906 | MCZ-305381 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | May 6, 1906 | MCZ-305384 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | May 6, 1906 | MCZ-305385 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | May 9, 1906 | MCZ-115749 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | AMNH | May 9, 1906 | AMNH-754928 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | AMNH | May 9, 1906 | AMNH-754931 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | May 10, 1906 | MCZ-305380 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | May 11, 1906 | MCZ-305387 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | May 12, 1906 | MCZ-305392 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | May 18, 1906 | MCZ-115748 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | May 18, 1906 | MCZ-305395 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | May 18, 1906 | MCZ-305388 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | May 20, 1906 | MCZ-305377 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | May 20, 1906 | MCZ-305379 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | May 20, 1906 | MCZ-305383 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | May 20, 1906 | MCZ-331402 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | AMNH | May 20, 1906 | AMNH-754929 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | AMNH | May 24, 1906 | AMNH-99888 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | May 24, 1906 | MCZ-305391 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | May 24, 1906 | MCZ-305394 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | UCLA | May 24, 1906 | UCLA-30731 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | AMNH | May 25, 1906 | AMNH-99876 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | AMNH | May 25, 1906 | AMNH-99877 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | AMNH | May 27, 1906 | AMNH-754927 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | AMNH | May 27, 1906 | AMNH-754930 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | May 27, 1906 | MCZ-305389 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | May 28, 1906 | MCZ-305393 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | May 30, 1906 | MCZ-149251 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | May 30, 1906 | MCZ-305410 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | AMNH | June 3, 1906 | AMNH-99879 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | June 7, 1906 | MCZ-331392 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | June 7, 1906 | MCZ-305405 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | June 8, 1906 | MCZ-149252 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | June 9, 1906 | MCZ-305407 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | June 7, 1906 | MCZ-331392 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | June 7, 1906 | MCZ-305405 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | June 8, 1906 | MCZ-149252 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | June 9, 1906 | MCZ-305407 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | June 18, 1906 | MVZ-50597 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MVZ | June 18, 1906 | MVZ-50598 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | Wilmot W. Brown | MCZ | June 19, 1906 | MCZ-305406 | Colaptes cafer rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | R. H. Beck | AMNH | July 24, 1912 | AMNH-754926 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | R. H. Beck | AMNH | July 26, 1912 | AMNH-754920 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | R. H. Beck | AMNH | July 31, 1912 | AMNH-754921 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | R. H. Beck | MCZ | August 1, 1912 | MCZ-253151 | Buteo jamaicensis calurus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | R. H. Beck | AMNH | August 7, 1912 | AMNH-754925 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | R. H. Beck | AMNH | August 9, 1912 | AMNH-754924 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | R. H. Beck | YPM | August 12, 1912 | YPM-001782 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | R. H. Beck | AMNH | August 19, 1912 | AMNH-754922 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | R. H. Beck | AMNH | August 19, 1912 | AMNH-754923 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | R. H. Beck | AMNH | August 19, 1912 | AMNH-754917 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | R. H. Beck | AMNH | August 19, 1912 | AMNH-754918 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | R. H. Beck | AMNH | August 19, 1912 | AMNH-754919 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | R. H. Beck | MVZ | August 1, 1912 | MVZ-102088 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
| Isla Guadalupe | R. H. Beck | AMNH | August 28, 1912 | AMNH-362325 | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Birds |
