Flickers
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The most famous member of the Colaptes genus is the Northern Flicker, Colaptes auratus, known in parts of the American south as the 'Yellowhammer'. The bird is the state bird of Alabama, and the state's nickname is the 'Yellowhammer State'.
The flickers (subgenus Colaptes) are slender and terrestrial species with usually one-colored tops of the heads. They occur all over of the Americas except in polar regions.
Subgenus Colaptes
- Northern Flicker, Colaptes auratus. The binomen (species name) means "gilt" (gilded).
- Yellow-shafted Flicker, Colaptes (auratus) auratus
- Red-shafted Flicker, Colaptes (auratus) cafer
- Guadalupe Flicker, Colaptes auratus/cafer rufipileus - extinct (c.1910)
- Gilded Flicker, Colaptes chrysoides. The species name chrysoides means "like gold".
- Fernandina's Flicker, Colaptes fernandinae, an endangered bird native to Cuba. Fernandina was an early name for Cuba.
- Chilean Flicker, Colaptes pitius. The species name derives from the bird's characteristic call, which is "pitiu-pitiu-pitiu".
- Andean Flicker, Colaptes rupicola, found in Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile. rupicola is Latin for "rock-dweller".
- Campo Flicker, Colaptes campestris. The species name campestris is Latin for "of the fields" and refers to the species' favorite habitat, open grassland.
An undescribed fossil form from the Bahamas should belong into this group; it is probably close to C. fernandinae.
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