Yellow-eared woodpecker
Yellow-eared woodpecker | |
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A male photographed on Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Picidae |
Genus: | Veniliornis |
Species: | V. maculifrons
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Binomial name | |
Veniliornis maculifrons (Spix, 1824)
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The yellow-eared woodpecker (Veniliornis maculifrons) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is endemic to humid Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil. Its common name refers to the yellow nape of both sexes - a feature not shared by any other Veniliornis in its range.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Veniliornis maculifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22681225A92898419. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22681225A92898419.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Veniliornis
- Birds of the Atlantic Forest
- Endemic birds of Brazil
- Birds described in 1824
- Woodpecker stubs