Colaptes auratus (northern flicker) | CLASSIFICATION

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia (turtles, snakes, lizards, and relatives)
        
        Class Aves (birds)
        
        Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
        
        Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
        
        Order Piciformes (woodpeckers and relatives)
        
        Family Picidae (woodpeckers)
        
        Genus Colaptes (flickers)
        
        Species Colaptes auratus (northern flicker)
        
        Subspecies Colaptes auratus auratus
        
        Subspecies Colaptes auratus cafer
        
        Subspecies Colaptes auratus chrysocaulosus
        
        Subspecies Colaptes auratus collaris
        
        Subspecies Colaptes auratus gundlachi
        
        Subspecies Colaptes auratus luteus
        
        Subspecies Colaptes auratus mexicanoides
        
        Subspecies Colaptes auratus mexicanus
        
        Subspecies Colaptes auratus nanus
        
        Subspecies Colaptes auratus rufipileus