Flicker

a golden-winged woodpecker common in the United States. It is about twelve and one-half inches long. From tip to tip of its outstretched wings it measures twenty inches. The under surfaces of the wings and tail are golden yellow. It has a scarlet crescent and round black spots on the under parts, which are white. It has a black shield on the breast. A peculiarity of the male is a pair of black mustaches. It lays a number of crystal white eggs in a nest in the hole in the trunk of a tree. See Woodpecker