Definition of Colaptes auratus

1. Noun. Large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail.

Exact synonyms: Yellow-shafted Flicker, Yellowhammer
Generic synonyms: Flicker

Lexicographical Neighbors of Colaptes Auratus

Cohenian
Cohn
Cohnheim's area
Cohnheim's field
Cohnheim's theory
Coigue
Coimbatore
Coiter's muscle
Coke
Cokelore
Cokes
Col.
Col V
Cola acuminata
Colaptes
Colaptes auratus
Colaptes caper collaris
Colaptes chrysoides
Colbert
Colbert Bump
Colby
Colby cheese
Colcestrian
Colchicaceae
Colchicum autumnale
Colchicum corm
Colchis
Cold War

Literary usage of Colaptes auratus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"colaptes auratus (LINN.EUS). RANGE.— Eastern North America, from tree limit south to the Gulf ... colaptes auratus luteus BANGS, Auk, XV, April, 1898, 177. ..."

2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1899)
"colaptes auratus (LINN.). GEOG: DIST. — By the admission of No. ... colaptes auratus luteus BANGS. Northern Flicker. colaptes auratus Intent BANGS, Auk, XV, ..."

3. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"colaptes auratus luteus Bangs. (412) Synonyms: Northern Flicker, High-hole, Heigh-ho, ... colaptes auratus, Swain-.. 1827, and most later writers. ..."

4. Popular Science Monthly (1906)
"Along the boundary line of the western distribution of the golden winged flicker (colaptes auratus) of the eastern United States, the species overlaps the ..."

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