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Colaptes auratus
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this is a red shafted. No red nape.
So i think we can call this spotting Yellow Shafted and in that case I am thrilled because this would be my first "Vagrant " spotting.
there was a sighting of a yellow shafted one along with an eastern phoebe.Both Vagrants.
I believe so, I usually don't bother with which one it is since it's all the same species.
Yellow-shafted forms have tan faces and gray crowns, and a red crescent on the nape.
Based on this can we call this yellow shafted? Red crescent on Nape?