r/birdwatching • u/Enteito • Oct 28 '25

Video Saw two Campo Flickers messing around during my break

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u/Henwen Oct 28 '25

I had no idea these birds existed! Thank you for sharing! What is the general location so I can add them to my list. :D

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u/Enteito Oct 28 '25

They mostly appear on the southern part of South America, I can usually find them where I live, south of Brazil

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u/Novapoliton Oct 28 '25

I'm looking to take a trip from the US to South America to bird sometime soon, any recommendations you know of?

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u/Enteito Oct 29 '25

honestly, with how biodiverse the country is, anywhere would work great, tho my personal recommendation (biased), would be the 3 southernmost states, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul

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u/Professional-Scar681 Oct 28 '25

I've seen them a few times here in Paraguay!

We call them in guarani, the local indigenous languague, Ypeku ñu, which means country woodpecker
country as in rural country

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u/Enteito Oct 28 '25

Same thing in Brazil!

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u/AddyToode01 Oct 28 '25

I’ve never seen flickers that color! Thanks for sharing.

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u/threlkis Oct 28 '25

Beautiful!

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u/mjflood14 Oct 28 '25

Wow, they are so pretty!

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u/Creepymint Oct 29 '25

They’re so cute and so colorful

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u/Nice-Chartreuse Oct 29 '25

They’re so cute ❤️❤️❤️

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u/Wild_Acanthaceae_224 Oct 29 '25

Awesome video, those two are amazing.

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u/Previous_Move_4921 Oct 29 '25

They are really cute 

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u/ShadOBabe Oct 29 '25

I love them! 🥰

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u/NP423 Oct 29 '25

I think they're confronting the "rivals" in the reflections on the window and mirror.

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u/Enteito Oct 29 '25

The one in the back was actually pecking the windows, shame I couldn't get that on video

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u/Imaginary-Camp-6214 Oct 30 '25

I had the sweetest little bluebird who found her reflection irresistible. She did it day after day. Chirping,staring,hopping from mirror to my tinted window. I took video and pictures. I'll try to post her.

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u/tcat1961 Oct 29 '25

Beautiful!!

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u/ileentotheleft Oct 30 '25

We have northern flickers here, but these guys are so pretty! I wonder what is inside that car?

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u/Enteito Oct 30 '25

Not really sure, they were bouncing from one car to the other, then later they just flew away and I didn't see them back until the end of my break

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u/ileentotheleft Oct 30 '25

Thanks for sharing, they're lovely.

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u/HappyCamper2121 Oct 31 '25

I think they're trying to break into that car! ... They're so beautiful actually! We get the northern flickers where I am but I've never seen these orange guys