Veniliornis
{{short description|Genus of birds}}
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| image = Veniliornis maculifrons-2.jpg
| image_caption = A male yellow-eared woodpecker (Veniliornis maculifrons) in Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
| taxon = Veniliornis
| authority = Bonaparte, 1854
| type_species = Picus sanguineus{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=96 |title= Picidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-25}}
| type_species_authority = Lichtenstein, 1793
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Veniliornis is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. They are native to the Neotropics.
Taxonomy
The genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1854.{{ cite book | last=Bonaparte | first=Charles Lucien | author-link=Charles Lucien Bonaparte | year=1854 | chapter=Quadro dei volucri zigodattili ossia passeri a piedi scansori | language=it | editor1-last=de Luca | editor1-first=Serafino | editor2-last=Müller | editor2-first=D. | title=L'Ateneo Italiano; raccolta di documenti e memorie relative al progresso delle scienze fisiche | volume=2 | location=Parigi [Paris] | publisher=Victor Masson | pages=116–129 [125] | chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BR1pAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA125 }} The word Veniliornis combines the name of the Roman deity Venilia with the Greek word ornis meaning "bird".{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url=https://archive.org/details/helmdictionarysc00jobl | url-access=limited | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/helmdictionarysc00jobl/page/n399 399]–400}} The type species was designated as the blood-colored woodpecker (Veniliornis sanguineus) by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855.{{ cite book | last=Gray | first=George Robert | author-link=George Robert Gray | year=1855 | title=Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum | location=London | publisher=British Museum | page=92 | url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17136731 }}{{ cite book | editor-last1=Dickinson | editor-first1=E.C. | editor1-link=Edward C. Dickinson | editor-last2=Remsen | editor-first2=J.V. Jr. | editor2-link=James Van Remsen, Jr. | year=2013 | title=The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World | volume= 1: Non-passerines | edition=4th | place=Eastbourne, UK | publisher=Aves Press | isbn=978-0-9568611-0-8 | page=318 }}
The genus contains the following 14 species:{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | title=Woodpeckers | work= World Bird List Version 6.2 | url= http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/woodpeckers/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union| access-date = 5 May 2016 }}
References
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Category:Birds of South America
Category:Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Birds of Central America
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