Species Colaptes

green-barred woodpecker (colaptes melanochloros), forest flicker



the golden-olive woodpecker (colaptes rubiginosus) formerly placed in piculus

subgenus colaptes

northern flicker, colaptes auratus. binomen (species name) means gilt (gilded).

yellow-shafted flicker, colaptes (auratus) auratus
red-shafted flicker, colaptes (auratus) cafer
caribbean flicker, colaptes (auratus) chrysocaulosus
guatemalan flicker, colaptes (auratus) mexicanoides
guadalupe flicker, colaptes auratus/cafer rufipileus – extinct (c. 1906). might invalid. nominate race colonized guadalupe island in 1996.


campo flicker, colaptes campestris. campestris latin of fields , refers species favorite habitat, open grassland.

pampas flicker, colaptes campestris campestroides


gilded flicker, colaptes chrysoides. chrysoides means gold .
fernandina s flicker, colaptes fernandinae, endangered bird native cuba. fernandina name cuba.
bermuda flicker, colaptes oceanicus. extinct species known fossil remains of late pleistocene , holocene deposits of bermuda. might have survived until 17th century.
chilean flicker, colaptes pitius. species name derives bird s characteristic call, pitiu-pitiu-pitiu .
andean flicker, colaptes rupicola. rupicola latin rock-dweller .

subgenus chrysoptilus

black-necked woodpecker, colaptes atricollis. atricollis latin dark-necked .
green-barred woodpecker, colaptes melanochloros
golden-breasted woodpecker, colaptes melanolaimus
spot-breasted woodpecker, colaptes punctigula. punctigula comes latin adjective punctatus meaning, spotted , , noun gula, meaning throat.
black-crowned woodpecker, colaptes atriceps
gray-crowned woodpecker, colaptes auricularis (formerly in piculus)
crimson-mantled woodpecker, colaptes rivolii (formerly in piculus)
golden-olive woodpecker, colaptes rubiginosus (formerly in piculus)
bronze-winged woodpecker, colaptes aeruginosus