Blood-Coloured Woodpecker
Veniliornis sanguineus(Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793)
English (US) Blood-colored Woodpecker
UK name: Blood-Coloured Woodpecker
The Blood-Coloured Woodpecker (Veniliornis sanguineus) 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 coastal lowlands of the GuianasRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Veniliornis sanguineus
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blood-colored Woodpecker
- English (UK)
- Blood-Coloured Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus sanguineus
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793)
- Type locality
- America = Guiana.
- Original description
- Catalogus rerum naturalium rarissimarum (etc.). Sectio prima p.17 no.184
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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