Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
               Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
                 Order Piciformes Meyer & Wolf, 1810 - scansorial birds
                   Superfamily Picoidea Vigors, 1825
                     Family Picidae Vigors, 1825 - woodpeckers
                       Subfamily Picinae Vigors, 1825 - true woodpeckers
                         Genus Colaptes Swainson, 1825
                           Colaptes auratus (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - northern flicker
                             1 Colaptes auratus auratusᵀ (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - yellow-shafted flicker
                             2 Colaptes auratus cafer (J.F. Gmelin, 1788) - red-shafted flicker
                             3 Colaptes auratus chrysocaulosus Gundlach, 1858 - Cuban flicker
                             4 Colaptes auratus chrysoides (Malherbe, 1852) see Colaptes chrysoides (Malherbe, 1852)
                             5 Colaptes auratus mexicanoides Lafresnaye, 1844 - Guatemalan flicker