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Veniliornis maculifrons

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.



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