Northern flicker male/female?

I noticed that one had an extra mark at the end of the bill is this the male?

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Yes the male Northern Flicker has a black mustache stripe. Beautiful shots

Thanks Chris. I was guessing the plan one was the female.

Super series Randy, I enjoyed them all!

Lovely shots Randy... nice to see colored leaves again....

db

great shots Randy

Great shots

very nice series

itzmered wrote in post #11284583
Yes the male Northern Flicker has a black mustache stripe. Beautiful shots

It actually depends on which sub-species Northern Flicker you have - they come in two "flavours". Being from northern Ontario I am used to seeing the resident "Yellow-shafted" variety seen in the photos here (common to the east / taiga). As one moves west one starts to see the "Red-shafted" variety. A Yellow-shafted male has a black malar (and a red nape crescent). A Red-Shafted male has a red malar (and no nape crescent).

Thanks everyone for the complaments, And Jeff thanks for the info I didn't know their was two "flavours"