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| A male Veniliornis maculifrons photographed on Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Inopinaves |
| Clade: | Afroaves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Subfamily: | Picinae |
| Tribe: | Melanerpini |
| Genus: | Veniliornis Bonaparte, 1854 |
Veniliornis is a genus of bird in the Picidae family. The Smoky-brown Woodpecker, previously V. fumigatus, is now provisionally in the paraphyletic Picoides, while two other species have been moved from there to the present genus.
It contains the following 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
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