Colaptes rubiginosus  (Swainson, 1820) 
 
C. r. aeruginosus  (Malherbe, 1862) 
 
 
C. r. alleni  (Bangs, 1902) 
 
 
C. r. buenavistae  (Chapman, 1915) 
 
 
C. r. canipileus  (Orbigny, 1840) 
 
 
C. r. chrysogaster  (Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1902) 
 
 
C. r. coloratus  (Chapman, 1923) 
 
 
C. r. deltanus  (Aveledo & Gines, 1953) 
 
 
C. r. guianae  (Hellmayr, 1918) 
 
 
C. r. gularis  (Hargitt, 1889) 
 
 
C. r. meridensis  (Ridgway, 1911) 
 
 
C. r. nigriceps  (Blake, 1941) 
 
 
C. r. paraquensis  (Phelps & Phelps, 1948) 
 
 
 
C. r. rubripileus  (Salvadori & Festa, 1900) 
 
 
C. r. tobagensis  (Ridgway, 1911) 
 
 
C. r. trinitatis  (Ridgway, 1911) 
 
 
C. r. tucumanus  (Cabanis, 1883) 
 
 
C. r. viridissimus  (Chapman, 1939) 
 
 
C. r. yucatanensis  (Cabot, 1844) 
 
  
 
Colaptes auricularis  (Salvin & Godman, 1889) 
 
 
Colaptes rivolii  (Boissonneau, 1840) 
 
C. r. atriceps  (Sclater & Salvin, 1876) 
 
 
C. r. brevirostris  (Taczanowski, 1875) 
 
 
C. r. meridae  (Chapman, 1923) 
 
 
C. r. quindiuna  (Chapman, 1923) 
 
 
  
 
Colaptes atricollis  (Malherbe, 1850) 
 
 
C. a. peruvianus  (Reichenbach, 1854) 
 
  
 
Colaptes punctigula  (Boddaert, 1783) 
 
C. p. guttatus  (Spix, 1824) 
 
 
 
C. p. punctipectus  (Cabanis & Heine, 1863) 
 
 
C. p. striatigularis  (Chapman, 1914) 
 
 
C. p. ujhelyii  (Madarasz, 1912) 
 
 
C. p. zuliae  (Cory, 1915) 
 
  
 
Colaptes melanochloros  (Gmelin, 1788) 
 
C. m. leucofrenatus  Leybold, 1873 
 
 
 
C. m. melanolaimus  (Malherbe, 1857) 
 
 
C. m. nattereri  (Malherbe, 1845) 
 
 
C. m. nigroviridis  (Grant, 1911) 
 
  
 
Colaptes auratus  (Linnaeus, 1758) 
 
 
C. a. cafer  (Gmelin, 1788) 
 
 
C. a. chrysocaulosus  Gundlach, 1858 
 
 
C. a. collaris  Vigors, 1829 
 
 
C. a. gundlachi  Cory, 1886 
 
 
 
C. a. mexicanoides  Lafresnaye, 1844 
 
 
C. a. mexicanus  Swainson, 1827 
 
 
C. a. nanus  Griscom, 1934 
 
 
C. a. rufipileus  Ridgway, 1876 
 
  
 
Colaptes chrysoides  (Malherbe, 1852) 
 
C. c. brunnescens  Anthony, 1895 
 
 
 
C. c. mearnsi  Ridgway, 1911 
 
 
C. c. tenebrosus  Van Rossem, 1930 
 
  
 
Colaptes fernandinae  Vigors, 1827 
 
 
Colaptes pitius  (Molina, 1782) 
 
 
Colaptes rupicola  Orbigny, 1840 
 
C. r. cinereicapillus  Reichenbach, 1854 
 
 
 
  
 
Colaptes campestris  (Vieillot, 1818) 
 
 
C. c. campestroides  (Malherbe, 1849) 
 
  
  
 
 
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References: 
[AVTAX] Zoonomen 
Extracted during June 2011, for most recent information, verify using links provided;  Zoological Nomenclature Resource ;  Birds of the World -- current valid scientific avian names 
 [CoL] Catalogue of Life 
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26);  https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d 
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