The head of a flicker does not have the barring on the head shown in the picture. He was making an interpretation of a flicker and not an actual bird.That was my point. His rendering is not what the actual bird looks like in life.Bird watching is all about nuance in identifying many species and I have been watching birds for over 50 years in several states and 4 countries.Some birds look a lot alike but the "clapper" and "flicker" ,as depicted by the artist, do not exist.
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