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Colaptes
Taxonomy
Colaptes was named by Vigors (1825). It is extant. Its type is Cuculus auratus.
It was reranked as Geopicus (Colaptes) by Malherbe (1852).
It was assigned to Geopicus by Malherbe (1852); to Picinae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956); and to Picidae by Hay (1930), Schultz and Howard (1935), Parmalee and Klippel (1982), Morgan (1994), Clements et al. (2017), Tambussi et al. (2023).
It was reranked as Geopicus (Colaptes) by Malherbe (1852).
It was assigned to Geopicus by Malherbe (1852); to Picinae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956); and to Picidae by Hay (1930), Schultz and Howard (1935), Parmalee and Klippel (1982), Morgan (1994), Clements et al. (2017), Tambussi et al. (2023).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1825 | Colaptes Vigors |
| 1852 | Geopicus (Colaptes) Malherbe |
| 1930 | Colaptes Hay p. 353 |
| 1935 | Colaptes Schultz and Howard p. 277 |
| 1940 | Colaptes Wetmore p. 69 |
| 1956 | Colaptes Wetmore p. 89 |
| 1982 | Colaptes Parmalee and Klippel p. 366 |
| 1994 | Colaptes Morgan p. 468 |
| 2017 | Colaptes Clements et al. |
| 2023 | Colaptes Tambussi et al. p. 275 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Colaptes Vigors 1825
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Colaptes auratus Linnaeus 1758 [northern flicker]
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Colaptes auratus chrysocaulosus Gundlach 1858
Colaptes auratus cafer Gmelin 1788
Colaptes campestris Vieillot 1818 [campo flicker]
Colaptes chrysoides Malherbe 1852
†Colaptes naroskyi Agnolín and Jofré 2017
†Colaptes oceanicus Olson 2013 [Bermuda flicker]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available