Checkered Woodpecker
Veniliornis mixtus (Boddaert, 1783)
Picidae — Woodpeckers
Checkered Woodpecker, Veniliornis mixtus, is a woodpecker of South America, breeding in the east, centre and south of the continent, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It belongs to the family Picidae in the order Piciformes. The species is found in humid open woodland and gallery forest, and also in savanna and cerrado woodland. It is a bird of near sea level up to about 600 m. Its plumage varies by subspecies, and the sexes differ mainly on the head, with the male showing red or orange-red on the nape and the female lacking this.
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae — Woodpeckers
- Breeding range
- South America: e, c, se
