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Colaptes auratus (northern flicker)

Reptilia - Piciformes - Picidae

Taxonomy
Cuculus auratus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Colaptes.

It was recombined as Colaptes auratus by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1962), Morgan (1994), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cuculus auratus Linnaeus p. 112
1930Colaptes auratus Hay p. 353
1962Colaptes auratus Wetmore p. 11
1994Colaptes auratus Morgan p. 483
2017Colaptes auratus Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
—Picoclamatores
superorderPasserimorphaeSibley et al. 1988
orderPiciformesMeyer and Wolf 1810
familyPicidaeVigors 1825
genusColaptesVigors 1825
speciesauratus()

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.

Colaptes auratus Linnaeus 1758 [northern flicker]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available