Yellow-eared woodpecker
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| A male photographed on Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. | |
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| Species: | V. maculifrons
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| Veniliornis maculifrons (Spix, 1824)
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The yellow-eared woodpecker (Veniliornis maculifrons) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is endemic to humid Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil. Its common name refers to the yellow nape of both sexes - a feature not shared by any other Veniliornis in its range.
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