| Yellow-eared Woodpecker | |
|---|---|
| A male photographed on Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Veniliornis |
| Species: | V. maculifrons |
| Binomial name | |
| 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.