Colaptes

Translingual

Colaptes chrysoides (gilded flicker)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek κόλᾰφος (kólăphos)

Proto-Indo-European *-yoh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-yō

Ancient Greek *-ϳω (*-jō)

Ancient Greek κολᾰ́πτω (kolắptō)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ēs

Proto-Hellenic *-ēs

Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)

Ancient Greek κολάπτης (koláptēs)lbor.

Translingual Colaptes

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κολάπτης (koláptēs, “pecker, carver, chiseler”), the agent noun of the verb κολᾰ́πτω (kolắptō, “to peck, to carve, to chisel”).

Proper noun

Colaptes m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Picidae – flickers and certain other similar woodpeckers.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Piciformes – order; Picidae – family; Picinae – subfamily; Picini – tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Colaptes (Colaptes) (flickers), Colaptes (Chrysoptilus) – subgenera
  • Colaptes auratus (northern flicker) – type species; Colaptes rupicola (Andean flicker), Colaptes chrysoides (gilded flicker); for other species see Colaptes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Coordinate terms

• (genus in Picini): Chrysophlegma, Dryocopus, Picus, Mulleripicus, Celeus, Piculus – genera

References

• Colaptes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Colaptes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Colaptes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Colaptes at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Colaptes at AnimalBase
• Colaptes at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Gill, F.; Wright, M. (2006), Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN.