Veniliornis
Sign in to saveVeniliornis is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. They are native to the Neotropics.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPiciformes
- FamilyPicidae
Observations recorded279,518
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Picidae
- Collections
- CUMV, CLO, FMNH
- Recorded in
- Colombia, Paraguay, Mexico, Brazil, Peru
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- Veniliornis maculifrons-2.jpg
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- Veniliornis
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- taxon name
- Veniliornis
- topic's main category
- Category:Veniliornis
- Commons gallery
- Veniliornis
- taxon common name
- Pica-paus
- taxon range
- Brazil
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Veniliornis is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. They are native to the Neotropics.
==Taxonomy== The genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1854. The word Veniliornis combines the name of the Roman deity Venilia with the Greek word ornis meaning "bird". The type species was designated as the blood-colored woodpecker (Veniliornis sanguineus) by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855.
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