Colaptes

Translingual

Colaptes chrysoides (gilded flicker)

Etymology

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Proper noun

Colaptes m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Picidae – flickers and certain other similar woodpeckers.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Piciformes - order; Picidae - family; Picinae - subfamily; Picini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Colaptes (Colaptes) (flickers), Colaptes (Chrysoptilus) - subgenera
  • Colaptes auratus (northern flicker) - type species; Colaptes rupicola (Andean flicker), Colaptes chrysoides (gilded flicker); for other species see Colaptes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Coordinate terms

• (genus in Picini): Chrysophlegma, Dryocopus, Picus, Mulleripicus, Celeus, Piculus - genera

References

• Colaptes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Colaptes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Colaptes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Colaptes at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Colaptes at AnimalBase
• Colaptes at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN