Birds of the World - Veniliornis


Red-stained Woodpecker (Veniliornis affinis orenocensis) Range: SA: Amazonia and e Brazil Inírida, Guainía, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Red-stained refers to red marks in the wings, which are sometimes not seen well or not present. Similar to Little Woodpecker, but a bit larger.
An individual with red stains on the wing.


Scarlet-backed Woodpecker (Veniliornis callonotus major) Range: SA: sw Colombia to nw Peru south, Ecuador
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one.


Golden-collared Woodpecker (Veniliornis cassini) Range: SA: ne Amazonia Manaus, Brazil
Photograph by Anselmo d'Affonseca © All Rights Reserved.


Choco Woodpecker (Veniliornis chocoensis) Male Near Threatened Range: SA: w Colombia to nw Ecuador Ecuador
Photograph by George Cruz (San Jorge Eco-Lodges) © All Rights Reserved.


Choco Woodpecker (Veniliornis chocoensis) Female Near Threatened Range: SA: w Colombia to nw Ecuador Anchicaya, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Rare and local.


Yellow-vented Woodpecker (Veniliornis dignus dignus) Male Range: SA: sw Venezuela to Peru Tatama National Park, Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-vented Woodpecker (Veniliornis dignus dignus) Female Range: SA: sw Venezuela to Peru Tatamá National Park, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Has a fast call almost like a Tapaculo. Note greyish mask compared to white on the larger and more common Golden-olive Woodpecker.


Dot-fronted Woodpecker (Veniliornis frontalis) Range: SA: Bolivia to nw Argentina Lomas de Arena, Bolivia
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.


Red-rumped Woodpecker (Veniliornis kirkii cecilii) Male Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to nw SA San Jeronimo, Antioquia, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Additional photo.


Striped Woodpecker (Veniliornis lignarius) Range: SA: Bolivia, s Chile and Argentina Reserva Nacional Tamango, Chile
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Yellow-eared Woodpecker (Veniliornis maculifrons) Male Range: SA: e Brazil REGUA, Cachoeiras de Macacu, RJ, Brazil
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Checkered Woodpecker (Veniliornis mixtus cancellatus) Male Range: SA: e, c, se Brasilia, DF, Brazil
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte © All Rights Reserved.


Checkered Woodpecker (Veniliornis mixtus) Female Range: SA: e, c, se Santana do Riacho, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.


Bar-bellied Woodpecker (Veniliornis nigriceps pectoralis) Range: SA: n Colombia to Bolivia Carpish Tunnel, Peru
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.

A small woodpecker rarely seen and usually found around 3000m.


Little Woodpecker (Veniliornis passerinus olivinus) Male Range: SA: widespread Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil The Southern Little Woodpecker male has red only on the nape.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Little Woodpecker (Veniliornis passerinus) Male Range: SA: widespread Waqanki Lodge, San Martín, Peru
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Little Woodpecker (Veniliornis passerinus passerinus) Female Range: SA: widespread French Guiana
Photograph by Michel GIRAUD-AUDINE © All Rights Reserved.

Quite a bit larger than the tiny piculets, but smaller than other woodpeckers. Prefers forest edges or secondary forest.


Blood-colored Woodpecker (Veniliornis sanguineus) Range: SA: Guianas Abary River, Guyana
Photograph by Mikael Bauer © All Rights Reserved.

Typical small thin 'veniliornis' woodpecker, except for the blood color, and only found in the three Guianas.


White-spotted Woodpecker (Veniliornis spilogaster) Range: SA: se Brazil, e Paraguay, ne Argentina and Uruguay Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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