Birds of Mexico - Colaptes


Bronze-winged Woodpecker (Colaptes aeruginosus) ENDEMIC Parque Ecologico Chipinque, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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Split from the common widespread Golden-olive Woodpecker.


Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus collaris) Male San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Arizona, United States
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Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus cafer) Female Vancouver, Canada
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Grey-crowned Woodpecker (Colaptes auricularis) ENDEMIC Mexico
Photograph by Nigel Eggers © All Rights Reserved.


Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) Arizona, United States
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Guatemalan Flicker (Colaptes mexicanoides)

Guatemalan Flicker is a split from Northern Flicker based on genetic, phenotypic and apparent vocal divergence.


Golden-olive Woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus gularis) Male La Romera, Itagui, Antioquia, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

A medium to large vocal woodpecker that, unlike others in its genus, rarely comes to the ground. Amount of yellow varies across large range, and nothern and southern populations may soon be split.
Female from back.