Guatemalan flicker

Guatemalan flicker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Colaptes
Species: C.  auratus
Trinomial name
Colaptes auratus mexicanoides
Lafresnaye, 1844

The Guatemalan flicker (Colaptes auratus mexicanoides) is a woodpecker in the family Picidae. It is usually considered conspecific with Colaptes auratus, although some authorities consider it a distinct species. It is found in Central America from Southern Mexico through Guatemala, northern El Salvador and Honduras into northern Nicaragua.[1]

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