Bird observations question?

[do_nature]

I have a question how do you tell the difference between a male and female Northern Flicker?

Link to the observation i did: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/238859730

[dendroleon]

if you go to the species page you can find lots of information about the bird, and for this bird it includes:
“Males can be identified by a black (in the eastern part of the species’ range) or red (in the western part) mustachial stripe at the base of the beak, while females lack this stripe.”
along with a lot of other information you may find interesting!

[oksanaetal]

If I remember correctly males have a red “mustache”, so this would be a female.

[danly]

For birds of North America, an excellent site is Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s All About Birds website.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org
Very useful for comparing species, learning about range, life cycle and habitat, and listening to audio recordings from their remarkable Macaulay Library.

Here’s the Flicker page:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Flicker