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Colaptes

Reptilia - Piciformes - Picidae

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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Colaptes Vigors
1852Geopicus (Colaptes) Malherbe
1930Colaptes Hay p. 353
1935Colaptes Schultz and Howard p. 277
1940Colaptes Wetmore p. 69
1956Colaptes Wetmore p. 89
1982Colaptes Parmalee and Klippel p. 366
1994Colaptes Morgan p. 468
2017Colaptes Clements et al.
2023Colaptes Tambussi et al. p. 275

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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

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 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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:38:55
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:38:55
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) C. auratus (20384)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) C. auratus (176098)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Colorado) C. auratus (152653)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) C. auratus (20350)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) C. campestris (140805)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) C. auratus (20491)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) C. cafer (152008 161536)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) C. auratus (123918) C. cafer (44954 74235 79630 155409 190077 218989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda C. oceanicus (154780)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) C. cafer (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands C. auratus (209851)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) C. sp. (93281)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) C. cafer (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) C. auratus (82258 103991 104697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) C. auratus (82890)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) C. auratus (154773 154936)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) C. auratus (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) C. auratus (20573 20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) C. sp. (144663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) C. auratus (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) C. auratus (76059 76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda C. oceanicus (194442 194443)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas C. chrysocaulosus (194589)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) C. auratus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bermuda C. oceanicus (194444)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) C. sp. (194588 194590)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) C. auratus (104035)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Arizona) C. auratus (93374)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) C. sp. (195062 195063)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bermuda C. oceanicus (194445)