The Chilean flicker (Colaptes pitius) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae.

Adult males are dark slate gray from forehead to nape; the last occasionally has a hint of red.

Adult females have a buffish malar area with no spots and never any red on the nape.

The top side of their tail is brown-black; the central and outermost feathers have narrow white bars.

Their underparts are whitish with wide blackish brown bars on the breast and a mostly plain belly.

Their longish bill is black, their iris whitish to yellowish, and the legs gray to green-gray.

Juveniles are similar to adults but with brown eyes, a blacker crown, wider bars above, and more spots below.

It excavates a nest cavity in a dead tree or snag and sometimes in an earthen bank.