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Gray-crowned Woodpecker

Colaptes auricularis
Family
Woodpeckers
Order
Piciformes
Codes
grcwoo1, GRCW, GCWO
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPiciformes
FamilyWoodpeckers (Picidae)
SpeciesColaptes auricularis
Codesgrcwoo1, GRCW, GCWO
Identification

The Gray-crowned Woodpecker (Colaptes auricularis) is a member of the Woodpeckers family within the order Piciformes. This species is classified in the eBird taxonomy maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Use the eBird species code grcwoo1 when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.

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Gray-crowned Woodpecker photo
(c) Antonio Robles, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Antonio Robles

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Quick Facts

Scientific Name: Colaptes auricularis

Family: Woodpeckers

Order: Piciformes

eBird Code: grcwoo1