Grey-crowned Woodpecker
Colaptes auricularis(Salvin, O; Godman, FD, 1889)
English (US) Gray-crowned Woodpecker
UK name: Grey-crowned Woodpecker
The Grey-crowned Woodpecker (Colaptes auricularis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Picidae (Woodpeckers) in the order Piciformes.
Range: Pacific slope of Mexico (southern Sonora to central Oaxaca)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Colaptes auricularis
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-crowned Woodpecker
- English (UK)
- Grey-crowned Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Salvin, O; Godman, FD, 1889)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Chloronerpes auricularis
- Described by
- (Salvin, O; Godman, FD, 1889)
- Type locality
- Xautipa, Sierra Madre del Sur, Guerrero.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.6, vol.1, no.3 p.381
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Piculus litae
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Yellow-browed Woodpecker
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Golden-olive Woodpecker
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Crimson-mantled Woodpecker
Colaptes rivolii
Black-necked Woodpecker
Colaptes atricollis
Spot-breasted Woodpecker
Colaptes punctigula
Green-barred Woodpecker
Colaptes melanochloros
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Guatemalan Flicker
Colaptes mexicanoides
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