Typus

• Cuculus auratus Linnaeus, 1758 = Colaptes auratus

Synonyms

• Chrysoptilus Swainson, 1832
• Soroplex Gloger, 1842
• Geopicos Malherbe, 1849
• Nesoceleus Sclater & Salvin, 1873

Primary references

• Vigors, N.A. 1825. Observations on the Natural Affinities that connect the Orders and Families of Birds. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 14(3): 395-517. BHLReference page.  Original description p. 457 - note BHL

References

• Voisin C. & J.-F. Voisin, 2010: List of type specimens of birds in the collections of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris, France). 20. Piciformes (Part 2: Picidae). Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series 179 (2): 7–26.

• Webb, D.M. & Moore, W.S. 2005. A phylogenetic analysis of woodpeckers and their allies using 12S, Cyt b, and COI nucleotide sequences (class Aves; order Piciformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36: 233-248. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

• Benz, B.W., Robbins, M.B. & Peterson, A.T. 2006. Evolutionary history of woodpeckers and allies (Aves: Picidae): Placing key taxa on the phylogenetic tree. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40: 389–399. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

• Moore, W.S., Overton, L.C. & Miglia, K.J. 2011. Mitochondrial DNA based phylogeny of the woodpecker genera Colaptes and Piculus, and implications for the history of woodpecker diversification in South America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58(1): 76–84. AbstractReference page.