Warbla · Library
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus · Family Picidae
Colaptes auratus
Family Picidae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 15,031,573
- Countries and territories with records
- 23
About this species
This species has 15,031,573 occurrence records from 23 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (83%) and Canada (16.7%); together they account for 99.7% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 1.1% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Colaptes auratus combines the genus name Colaptes with the species epithet auratus. The Warbla app catalog lists 13 species of the genus Colaptes; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Colaptes rubiginosus, Colaptes melanochloros and Colaptes campestris.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 230 species of the family Picidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Dryobates pubescens. Its record count is 37.5 times the family average (400,653). The family Picidae belongs to the order Piciformes, which has 424 species in the Warbla app catalog.