Aves - Piciformes - Picidae
Alternative spelling: Geopicus (Colaptes)
Parent taxon: Picidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Hay 1930, Morgan 1994, Parmalee and Klippel 1982, Schultz and Howard 1935, Tambussi et al. 2023, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Campephilus, Dendrocopos, Dryocopus, Homalopus, Jynginae, Jynx, Melanerpes, Nesoctites, Palaeopicus, Picinae, Picoides, Picumninae, Picumnus, Picus, Pliopicus, Sapheopipo, Sphyrapicus, Uintornis, Xiphidiopicus
Subtaxa: Colaptes auratus Colaptes campestris Colaptes chrysoides Colaptes naroskyi Colaptes oceanicus
Type: Cuculus auratus
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), the Bahamas (4), Bermuda (5), Cayman Islands (1), United States (32: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Virginia, Wyoming)
Total: 43 collections including 44 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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