Guatemalan flicker
| Colaptes auratus mexicanoides | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Colaptes |
| Species: | C. auratus |
| Subspecies: | C. a. mexicanoides |
| 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 the northern flicker (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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