Veniliornis
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| A male yellow-eared woodpecker (Veniliornis maculifrons) in Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Tribe: | Melanerpini |
| Genus: | Veniliornis Bonaparte, 1854 |
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Veniliornis is a genus of birds in the family Picidae. They are native to Central and South America.
The genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1854.[1] The word Veniliornis combines the name of the Roman deity Venilia with the Greek word ornis meaning bird.[2]
The genus contains the following 14 species:[3]
- Scarlet-backed woodpecker, Veniliornis callonotus
- Yellow-vented woodpecker, Veniliornis dignus
- Bar-bellied woodpecker, Veniliornis nigriceps
- Little woodpecker, Veniliornis passerinus
- Dot-fronted woodpecker, Veniliornis frontalis
- White-spotted woodpecker, Veniliornis spilogaster
- Blood-colored woodpecker, Veniliornis sanguineus
- Red-rumped woodpecker, Veniliornis kirkii
- Red-stained woodpecker, Veniliornis affinis
- Chocó woodpecker, Veniliornis chocoensis
- Golden-collared woodpecker, Veniliornis cassini
- Yellow-eared woodpecker, Veniliornis maculifrons
- Striped woodpecker, Veniliornis lignarius – formerly in Picoides[4][5]
- Checkered woodpecker, Veniliornis mixtus – formerly in Picoides[4][5]
References
- ^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1854). "Quadro dei volucri zigodattili, ossia passeri a piedi scansori". L'Ateneo Italiano raccolta di documenti e memorie relative al progresso delle scienze fisiche. 2: 116-129 [125].
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 399–400. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Woodpeckers". World Bird List Version 6.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ a b Donegan, Thomas (January 2007). "Proposal (#262) South American Classification Committee: Transfer Picoides mixtus and P. lignarius to Veniliornis". American Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ a b Moore, W.S.; Weibel, A.C.; Agius, A. (2006). "Mitochondrial DNA phylogeny of the woodpecker genus Veniliornis (Picidae, Picinae) and related genera implies convergent evolution of plumage patterns". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 87 (4): 611–624. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00586.x.
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