NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Colaptes
  Subfamily - Picinae
  Family - Picidae
  Order - Piciformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Colaptes auratus luteus
      Subspecies - Colaptes auratus auratus
      Subspecies - Colaptes auratus cafer
      Subspecies - Colaptes auratus collaris
      Subspecies - Colaptes auratus rufipileus
      Subspecies - Colaptes auratus nanus
      Subspecies - Colaptes auratus chrysocaulosus
      Subspecies - Colaptes auratus gundlachi
      Subspecies - Colaptes auratus mexicanoides
      Subspecies - Colaptes auratus mexicanus