Yellow-eared woodpecker | |
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A male photographed on Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Picidae |
Genus: | Veniliornis |
Species: | V. maculifrons |
Binomial name | |
Veniliornis maculifrons (Spix, 1824) |
The yellow-eared woodpecker (Veniliornis maculifrons) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. 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.