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Veniliornis
Veniliornis is a genus of birds in the Picidae family. They are native to Central and South America.
The name of 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 genus contains the following 14 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