Grey-crowned woodpecker
| Grey-crowned woodpecker | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Colaptes |
| Species: | C. auricularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Colaptes auricularis | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Piculus auricularis (Salvin & Godman, 1889) | |
The grey-crowned woodpecker (Colaptes auricularis) is a bird species in the woodpecker family (Picidae). It was formerly placed in the genus Piculus (Benz et al., 2006). The scientific name auricularis means "eared", an appearance created by the confluent, fine patterning of the species' head.
It is endemic to the Pacific slope of Mexico. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Colaptes auricularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22681250A141037692. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22681250A141037692.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- Benz, Brett W.; Robbins, Mark B. & Peterson, A. Townsend (2006): Evolutionary history of woodpeckers and allies (Aves: Picidae): Placing key taxa on the phylogenetic tree. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40: 389–399. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.02.021
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Colaptes
- Endemic birds of Mexico
- Birds of the Sierra Madre Occidental
- Birds of the Sierra Madre del Sur
- Birds described in 1889
- Taxa named by Osbert Salvin
- Taxa named by Frederick DuCane Godman
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