Dot-fronted Woodpecker
Veniliornis frontalis(Cabanis, JL, 1883)
English (US) Dot-fronted Woodpecker
The Dot-fronted Woodpecker (Veniliornis frontalis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Picidae (Woodpeckers) in the order Piciformes.
Range: humid Andean slopes of southern Bolivia and northwestern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Veniliornis frontalis
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Dot-fronted Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL, 1883)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cloronerpes (Campias) frontalis
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL, 1883)
- Type locality
- Tucuman.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 31, no.161 p.110
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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