Gilded Flickers are medium to large woodpeckers; Grayish brown; Barred on top, spotted below; Black crescent on chest; Rump white, conspicuous in flight; Yellow patches in wings obvious in flight. Juveniles resemble adults, but their colors are duller.

References cited in Species Profile

• Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 2015. Gilded Flicker. All About Birds.
• Great Basin Bird Observatory. 2015. Gilded Flicker.
• Moore, William S. 1995. Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/166b
• NatureServe Explorer. 2015. Gilded Flicker.