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Definition of Colaptes auratus
1. Noun. Large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Colaptes Auratus
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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