White-spotted Woodpecker
Veniliornis spilogaster(Wagler, JG, 1827)
English (US) White-spotted Woodpecker
The White-spotted Woodpecker (Veniliornis spilogaster) 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: southeastern Brazil to southeastern Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Veniliornis spilogaster
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-spotted Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Wagler, JG, 1827)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus Spilogaster
- Described by
- (Wagler, JG, 1827)
- Type locality
- Brazil and Paraguay.
- Original description
- Systema Avium pt.1 p.33, sp.59
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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