Yellow-vented Woodpecker (Veniliornis dignus)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
15 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater & Salvin, 1877)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 1,200 - 2,700 m, occasionally down to 700 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (12)...)

Yellow-vented Woodpecker (Veniliornis dignus) [XC261888]
by Olaf Jahn from Esmeraldas: San Vicente Alto, Cordillera de Lachas, Cotacachi-Cayapas Ecological Reserve, Ecuador (call, calls, rattle call)

Yellow-vented Woodpecker (Veniliornis dignus) [XC239205]
by Jonas Nilsson from Carchi: El Coraz\u00f3n, Reserva Cerro Golondrinas, Ecuador (trill)

Subspecies
Subspecies rather weakly differentiated. Venezuelan birds described as subspecies abdominalis, but considered inseparable from nominate.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

dignus (Sclater & Salvin, 1877) - Extreme south-western Venezuela southern in Andes to western slope in northern Ecuador.
baezae Chapman, 1923 - Eastern slope of Andes in Ecuador.
valdizani (von Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1894) - Eastern slope of Andes in Peru.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Yellow-vented Woodpecker (Veniliornis dignus) - 10 files

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