flash - a sudden intense burst of radiant energy

peckerwood, woodpecker, pecker - bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects

Colaptes, genus Colaptes - a genus of Picidae

Colaptes auratus, yellow-shafted flicker, yellowhammer - large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail

Colaptes chrysoides, gilded flicker - southwestern United States bird like the yellow-shafted flicker but lacking the red neck

Colaptes caper collaris, red-shafted flicker - western United States bird with red undersurface to wings and tail

movement, motility, motion, move - a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"

move back and forth - move in one direction and then into the opposite direction

beam, shine - emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces"

flash, twinkle, wink, winkle, blink - gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"