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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
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 Rancholabrean or 2.58000 to 0.01400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) Colaptes auratus (20384)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Colaptes auratus (176098)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Colorado) Colaptes auratus (152653)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Colaptes auratus (20350)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Colaptes cafer (152008 161536)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Colaptes auratus (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Colaptes auratus (209851)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Colaptes auratus (76059 76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Colaptes cafer (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Colaptes auratus (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Colaptes auratus (82258 103991 104697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Colaptes auratus (82890)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Colaptes auratus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Colaptes auratus (123918) Colaptes cafer (44954 74235 79630 155409 190077 218989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Colaptes cafer (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Colaptes auratus (20573 20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Colaptes auratus (154773 154936)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Colaptes auratus (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Colaptes auratus (104035)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Arizona) Colaptes auratus (93374)