Birds of Colombia

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Genus: Picumnus (11 species, 25 worldwide)

Piculets (genus Picumnus) are small sparrow-sized woodpeckers. Males generally have red or yellow spots on the head.


Bar-breasted Piculet (Picumnus aurifrons) Sao Jose Do Rio Claro, Mato Grosso, Brazil Note horizontal barring on chest, and vertical streaking below.
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Plain-breasted Piculet (Picumnus castelnau) Immature Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia
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Male


Chestnut Piculet (Picumnus cinnamomeus cinnamomeus) Los Flamencos Wildlife Sanctuary, Camarones, La Guajira, Colombia
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Found in arid forest and desert scrub.


Golden-spangled Piculet (Picumnus exilis) Male Inírida, Guainía, Colombia
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Golden-spangled Piculet (Picumnus exilis) Female Inírida, Guainía, Colombia
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Note golden dots on the back.


Greyish Piculet (Picumnus granadensis granadensis) ENDEMIC Farallones National Park, Colombia
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Lafresnaye's Piculet (Picumnus lafresnayi lafresnayi) Male Reserva Natural Escondite, Putumayo, Colombia Female similar but without red on head.
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Olivaceous Piculet (Picumnus olivaceus) Male Manantiales del Campo, Antioquia, Colombia
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Note streaking in front.
A greyish individual, but streaking on front and range indicates Olivaceous and not Greyish.
Female with a mouth full of maggots.


Orinoco Piculet (Picumnus pumilus) Male Mitu, Vaupes, Colombia
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Similar to Golden-spangled Piculet, but without any spots on back.


Rufous-breasted Piculet (Picumnus rufiventris grandis) Female Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
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White-bellied Piculet (Picumnus spilogaster orinocensis) Vulnerable Los Güires, Delta Amacuro state, Venezuela
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Scaled Piculet (Picumnus squamulatus) Minca, Magdalena, Colombia
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