Veniliornis
| Veniliornis | |
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| A male Veniliornis maculifrons photographed on Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Subfamily: | Picinae |
| Genus: | Veniliornis Bonaparte, 1854 |
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Veniliornis is a genus of bird in the Picidae family. The smoky-brown woodpecker, previously V. fumigatus, is now provisionally in the paraphyletic Picoides, while two other species have been moved from there to the present genus. They are primarily found in Central and South America.
It contains the following species:
- 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-coloured 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
- Checkered woodpecker, Veniliornis mixtus – formerly in Picoides