Wiktionary
yellow-shafted flicker
n. A yellow-plumaged woodpecker, native to North America, ''Colaptes auratus''.
WordNet
yellow-shafted flicker
n. large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail [syn: Colaptes auratus, yellowhammer]
Usage examples of "yellow-shafted flicker".
A yellow-shafted flicker chisels for an insect in a tree, and a kingfisher alights on an aspen bough.