Yellow-eared Woodpecker
Veniliornis maculifrons(Spix, JB, 1824)
English (US) Yellow-eared Woodpecker
The Yellow-eared Woodpecker (Veniliornis maculifrons) 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: lowlands of southeastern Brazil (southeastern Bahia to Rio de Janeiro)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Veniliornis maculifrons
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yellow-eared Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Spix, JB, 1824)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus maculifrons
- Described by
- (Spix, JB, 1824)
- Type locality
- Rio de Janeiro and Para.
- Original description
- Avium species novae, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX (etc.) 1 p.62 pl.56 fig.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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