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Golden-olive Woodpecker
Colaptes rubiginosus (Swainson, 1820)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The golden-olive woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus) is a species of bird in the subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found from Mexico south and east through Panama, in every mainland South American country except Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Wikipedia contributors, Golden-olive woodpecker; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:57:41.228683+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Colaptes rubiginosus (Swainson, 1820)
- Name authority
- (Swainson, 1820)
- Common name
- Golden-olive Woodpecker
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae
- Genus
- Colaptes
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPiciformes
- familyPicidae
- subfamilyPicinae
- genusColaptes Vigors, 1825
- speciesColaptes rubiginosus (Swainson, 1820)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Colaptes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Andean FlickerColaptes rupicola d'Orbigny, 1840 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bronze-winged WoodpeckerColaptes aeruginosus (Malherbe, 1862) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-necked WoodpeckerColaptes atricollis (Malherbe, 1850) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern FlickerColaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoides (Malherbe, 1852) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green-barred WoodpeckerColaptes melanochloros (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chilean FlickerColaptes pitius (Molina, 1782) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Piculus rubiginosus (Swainson, 1820) (Swainson, 1820) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Middle America
South America
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1145289 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:7SHFW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.