Family Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Least Concern
Yellow-vented Woodpecker (Veniliornis dignus)
Taxonomy
French: Pic à ventre jaune German: Gelbbauchspecht Spanish: Carpintero ventriamarillo
Taxonomy:
Chloronerpes dignus
P. L. Sclater and Salvin
, 1877,Antioquia, Colombia
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Subspecies and Distribution
V. d. dignus
(P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1877) – extreme SW Venezuela (S Táchira) S in Andes to W slope in N Ecuador.
V. d. baezae
Chapman, 1923 – E slope of Andes in Ecuador.
V. d. valdizani
(Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1894) – E slope of Andes in Peru (Amazonas, and Huánuco S to Cuzco).
Descriptive notes
c. 16–17 cm; 35–40 g (dignus), 46 g (valdizani). Male has greenish-buff lower forehead, deep crimson crown to nape, rear neck sides and upper... read more
Voice
Fast, weak, high-pitched nasal rattle heard infrequently.
Habitat
Inhabits humid montane forest, especially cloudforest, and forest edge; occurs rarely outside... read more
Food and feeding
Diet not recorded. Usually singly or in pairs, and unobtrusive; occasionally joins mixed foraging parties. Forages in middle level of trees... read more
Breeding
Very little information suggests breeding season Mar–Aug.
Movements
Resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Uncommon in most of range; rare in Peru. Possibly quite widespread but at very low densities. Occurs in Río Ñambí Nature Reserve, in Colombia. First... read more
Member of the V. passerinus clade (which see). Races rather weakly differentiated. Venezuelan birds described as race abdominalis, but considered inseparable from nominate. Three subspecies recognized.