Genus

Colaptes (Flickers and allies)

Colaptes auratus. Photo: (c) Kala Murphy King, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Colaptes is the genus of woodpeckers which contains the flickers. The scientific name means “the pecker”, Latinized from the Greek verb kolápto (κολάπτω), “to peck”.

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Subtaxa

Species: Colaptes auratus (Northern flicker)

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