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Yellow-eared Woodpecker
Veniliornis maculifrons (Spix, 1824)
Picidae — Woodpeckers
Yellow-eared Woodpecker, Veniliornis maculifrons, is a woodpecker of eastern Brazil in South America, where it occurs in the Atlantic Forest from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro. It is a resident bird of lowland and hilly forest, and it also uses parks. The species is placed in the genus Veniliornis and is the only member of its kind. Males and females differ mainly on the head, with the male showing a brown crown with white streaking and red on the rear of the crown, while the female has an olive crown with pale spotting.
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae — Woodpeckers
- Breeding range
- South America: e Brazil
