Veniliornis

Genus of birds

Veniliornis

A male yellow-eared woodpecker (Veniliornis maculifrons) in Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Piciformes
Family:  | Picidae
Tribe:  | Melanerpini
Genus:  | Veniliornis
Bonaparte, 1854
Type species
Picus sanguineus[1]

Lichtenstein, 1793

Species

see text

Veniliornis is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. They are native to the Neotropics.

## Taxonomy[edit]

The genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1854.[2] The word Veniliornis combines the name of the Roman deity Venilia with the Greek word ornis meaning "bird".[3] The type species was designated as the blood-colored woodpecker (Veniliornis sanguineus) by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855.[4][5]

The genus contains the following 14 species:[6]

Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution

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| Scarlet-backed woodpecker | Veniliornis callonotus | Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru
| Yellow-vented woodpecker | Veniliornis dignus | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
| Bar-bellied woodpecker | Veniliornis nigriceps | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
| Little woodpecker | Veniliornis passerinus | South America east of the Andes
| Dot-fronted woodpecker | Veniliornis frontalis | Argentina and Bolivia.
| White-spotted woodpecker | Veniliornis spilogaster | Brazil, Uruguay, eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina.
| Blood-colored woodpecker | Veniliornis sanguineus | Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana
| Red-rumped woodpecker | Veniliornis kirkii | Costa Rica south and east to Ecuador, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago
| Red-stained woodpecker | Veniliornis affinis | eastern Brazil and the Amazon Basin.
| Chocó woodpecker | Veniliornis chocoensis | Colombia and Ecuador.
| Golden-collared woodpecker | Veniliornis cassini | northern Brazil, the Guianas, Venezuela and far eastern Colombia.
| Yellow-eared woodpecker | Veniliornis maculifrons | eastern Brazil.
| Striped woodpecker | Veniliornis lignarius - formerly in Picoides[7][8] | southwestern South America.
| Checkered woodpecker | Veniliornis mixtus - formerly in Picoides[7][8] | eastern South America.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Picidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
2. ^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1854). "Quadro dei volucri zigodattili ossia passeri a piedi scansori". In de Luca, Serafino; Müller, D. (eds.). L'Ateneo Italiano; raccolta di documenti e memorie relative al progresso delle scienze fisiche (in Italian). Vol. 2\. Parigi [Paris]: Victor Masson. pp. 116–129 [125].
3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 399–400. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
4. ^ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 92.
5. ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Remsen, J.V., Jr., eds. (2013). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 1: Non-passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 318\. ISBN 978-0-9568611-0-8.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
6. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Woodpeckers". World Bird List Version 6.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
7. ^ a b Donegan, Thomas (January 2007). "Proposal (#262) South American Classification Committee: Transfer Picoides mixtus and P. lignarius to Veniliornis". American Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
8. ^ a b Moore, W.S.; Weibel, A.C.; Agius, A. (2006). "Mitochondrial DNA phylogeny of the woodpecker genus Veniliornis (Picidae, Picinae) and related genera implies convergent evolution of plumage patterns". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 87 (4): 611–624. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00586.x.

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Genera of trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, woodpeckers and their extinct allies

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordata
* Class: Aves
* Infraclass: Neognathae
* Clade: Coraciimorphae
* Clade: Cavitaves

Cavitaves

| Leptosomiformes|

| Leptosomidae|

* Leptosomus
* †Plesiocathartes?
* †Waltonavis

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Eucavitaves|

| Trogoniformes|

| Trogonidae|

* Apalharpactes
* Apaloderma
* †Eotrogon
* Euptilotis
* †Foshanornis
* Harpactes
* †Masillatrogon
* †Paratrogon
* Pharomachrus
* †Primotrogon
* Priotelus
* †Septentrogon
* Trogon

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Picocoraciae|

| Bucerotiformes|

*     * See below ↓

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Picodynastornithes|

| Coraciiformes|

*     * See below ↓

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Piciformes|

*     * See below ↓

Bucerotiformes

Bucerotiformes

| †Laurillardiidae|

* Laurillardia

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†Messelirrisoridae|

* Messelirrisor

Upupi|

| Phoeniculidae|

* †Phirriculus
* Phoeniculus
* Rhinopomastus

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Upupidae|

* Upupa

Buceroti|

| Bucorvidae|

* Bucorvus
* †Euroceros

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Bucerotidae|

* Aceros
* Anorrhinus
* Anthracoceros
* Berenicornis
* Buceros
* Bycanistes
* Ceratogymna
* Horizocerus
* Lophoceros
* Ocyceros
* Penelopides
* Rhabdotorrhinus
* Rhinoplax
* Rhyticeros
* Tockus

Coraciiformes

| incertae sedis|

* †Cryptornis
* †Paracoracias
* †Quasisyndactylus

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†Eocoraciidae|

* Eocoracias

†Geranopteridae|

* Geranopterus

†Primobucconidae|

* Primobucco
* Septencoracias

Brachypteraciidae|

* Atelornis
* Brachypteracias
* Geobiastes
* Uratelornis

Coraciidae|

* †Chehuenia
* Coracias
* Eurystomus
* †Miocoracias

Meropidae|

* Meropogon
* Merops
* Nyctyornis

Alcedines|

| Alcedinidae|

| Alcedininae|

* Alcedo
* Ceyx
* Corythornis
* Ispidina

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Cerylinae|

* Ceryle
* Chloroceryle
* Megaceryle

Halcyoninae|

* Actenoides
* Caridonax
* Cittura
* Clytoceyx
* Dacelo
* Halcyon
* Lacedo
* Melidora
* Pelargopsis
* Syma
* Tanysiptera
* Todiramphus

Momotidae|

* Aspatha
* Baryphthengus
* Electron
* Eumomota
* Hylomanes
* Momotus
* †Protornis?

Todidae|

* †Palaeotodus
* Todus

Piciformes

| incertae sedis|

* †"Homalopus"

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†Gracilitarsidae|

* Gracilitarsus
* Neanis

†Sylphornithidae|

* Oligosylphe
* Palaegithalus?
* Sylphornis

Galbuli|

* †Jacamatia

Bucconidae|

* Bucco
* Chelidoptera
* Hapaloptila
* Hypnelus
* Malacoptila
* Micromonacha
* Monasa
* Nonnula
* Notharchus
* Nystalus

Galbulidae|

* Brachygalba
* Galbalcyrhynchus
* Galbula
* Jacamaralcyon
* Jacamerops

Pici|

| incertae sedis|

* †Rupelramphastoides

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†Miopiconidae|

* Miopico

†Picavidae|

* Picavus

Ramphastides|

| Capitonidae|

* Capito
* †Capitonides
* Eubucco

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Lybiidae|

* Buccanodon
* Cryptolybia
* Gymnobucco
* Lybius
* Pogoniulus
* Pogonornis
* Stactolaema
* Trachyphonus
* Tricholaema

Megalaimidae|

* Caloramphus
* Psilopogon

Ramphastidae|

* Andigena
* Aulacorhynchus
* Pteroglossus
* Ramphastos
* Selenidera

Semnornithidae|

* Semnornis

Picides|

| Indicatoridae|

* Indicator
* Melichneutes
* Melignomon
* Prodotiscus

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Picidae|

*     * See below ↓

Picidae

| incertae sedis|

* †Bitumenpicus
* †Breacopus
* †Palaeonerpes
* †Palaeopicus
* †Piculoides

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Jynginae|

* Jynx

Picumninae|

* Picumnus

Sasiinae|

* Sasia
* Verreauxia

Picinae|

* †Australopicus
* †Palaeonerpes
* †Pliopicus

Nesoctitini|

* Nesoctites

Hemicircini|

* Hemicircus

Picini|

* Campethera
* Celeus
* Chrysophlegma
* Colaptes
* Dinopium
* Dryocopus
* Gecinulus
* Geocolaptes
* Micropternus
* Meiglyptes
* Mulleripicus
* Pardipicus
* Piculus
* Picus

Campephilini|

* Blythipicus
* Campephilus
* Chrysocolaptes
* Reinwardtipicus

Melanerpini|

* Chloropicus
* Dendrocopos
* Dendrocoptes
* Dendropicos
* Dryobates
* Leiopicus
* Leuconotopicus
* Melanerpes
* Picoides
* Sphyrapicus
* Veniliornis
* Xiphidiopicus
* Yungipicus

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q1080978
* Wikispecies: Veniliornis
* ADW: Veniliornis
* Avibase: F4472B6F01A3D075
* BOLD: 3073
* CoL: 869G
* GBIF: 2478338
* iNaturalist: 18013
* IRMNG: 1204993
* ITIS: 553530
* NCBI: 56075

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