Birds of the World


White-wedged Piculet (Picumnus albosquamatus) Male Range: SA: c Botanical Gardens of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte © All Rights Reserved.


White-wedged Piculet (Picumnus albosquamatus albosquamatus) Female Range: SA: c Botanical Gardens, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Bar-breasted Piculet (Picumnus aurifrons) Range: SA: Amazonia 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 Range: SA: w Amazonia Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Male


Chestnut Piculet (Picumnus cinnamomeus cinnamomeus) Range: SA: n Colombia and nw Venezuela Los Flamencos Wildlife Sanctuary, Camarones, La Guajira, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Found in arid forest and desert scrub.


White-barred Piculet (Picumnus cirratus) Male Range: SA: ne, se REGUA, Cachoeiras de Macacu, RJ, Brazil
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


White-barred Piculet (Picumnus cirratus cirratus) Female Range: SA: ne, se REGUA, Cachoeiras de Macacu, RJ, Brazil
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Also found in south Atlantic rainforest near Rio and Sao Paulo (map to be updated shortly).


Ocellated Piculet (Picumnus dorbignyanus jelskii) Female Range: SA: e Peru and w Bolivia Oxapampa, Peru
Photograph by Gareth Knass © All Rights Reserved.


Golden-spangled Piculet (Picumnus exilis) Male Range: SA: ne, e Brazil Inírida, Guainía, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Golden-spangled Piculet (Picumnus exilis) Female Range: SA: ne, e Brazil Inírida, Guainía, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Note golden dots on the back.


Rusty-necked Piculet (Picumnus fuscus) Male Range: SA: ne Bolivia and wc Brazil Pimenteiras d'Oeste, Rondônia, Brazil
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Greyish Piculet (Picumnus granadensis granadensis) Range: SA: nw Colombia Farallones National Park, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Speckled Piculet (Picumnus innominatus) Range: OR: widespread, also c, e China Kaeng Krachan National Park, Phetchaburi, Thailand
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Lafresnaye's Piculet (Picumnus lafresnayi lafresnayi) Male Range: SA: w, c Amazonia Reserva Natural Escondite, Putumayo, Colombia Female similar but without red on head.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Ochraceous Piculet (Picumnus limae) Male Range: SA: ne Brazil Hotel Pedra dos Ventos, Quixadá, Ceará, Brazil
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Ochraceous Piculet (Picumnus limae) Female Range: SA: ne Brazil
Photograph by Marco Cruz © All Rights Reserved.


Arrowhead Piculet (Picumnus minutissimus) Male Range: SA: Guianas Paramaribo, Suriname
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Arrowhead Piculet (Picumnus minutissimus) Female Range: SA: Guianas Paramaribo, Suriname
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Mottled Piculet (Picumnus nebulosus) Near Threatened Range: SA: se Brazil, ne Argentina and n Uruguay Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Olivaceous Piculet (Picumnus olivaceus) Male Range: MA, SA: Guatemala to nw Peru Manantiales del Campo, Antioquia, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Orinoco Piculet (Picumnus pumilus) Male Range: SA: nw Amazonia Mitu, Vaupes, Colombia
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.

Similar to Golden-spangled Piculet, but without any spots on back.


Spotted Piculet (Picumnus pygmaeus) Range: SA: e Brazil Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous-breasted Piculet (Picumnus rufiventris grandis) Female Range: SA: w Amazonia Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
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Ecuadorian Piculet (Picumnus sclateri sclateri) Range: SA: Ecuador and nw Peru Ecuador Note horizontal barring above and vertical below, and unspotted back.
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis © All Rights Reserved.


Ecuadorian Piculet (Picumnus sclateri porcullae) Male Range: SA: Ecuador and nw Peru Limón de Porcuya, Piura, Peru
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.

Found in the dry transition zone from Chocó rainforst to Peruvian coastal desert.


White-bellied Piculet (Picumnus spilogaster orinocensis) Vulnerable Range: SA: n, ne Los Güires, Delta Amacuro state, Venezuela
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Scaled Piculet (Picumnus squamulatus) Range: SA: Colombia and Venezuela Minca, Magdalena, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Scaled Piculet (Picumnus squamulatus obsoletus) Range: SA: Colombia and Venezuela Tucupita, Venezuela A different and confusing subspecies.
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com © All Rights Reserved.


Speckle-chested Piculet (Picumnus steindachneri) Near Threatened Range: SA: Andes of n Peru (Amazonas and San Martín) Peru
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud © All Rights Reserved.


Fine-barred Piculet (Picumnus subtilis) Range: SA: e Peru Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
Photograph by Anselmo d'Affonseca © All Rights Reserved.


Ochre-collared Piculet (Picumnus temminckii) Male Range: SA: se Brazil, e Paraguay and ne Argentina Iguazu National Park, Argentina
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Varzea Piculet (Picumnus varzeae) Male Near Threatened Range: SA: c Amazonia Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil
Photograph by Anselmo d'Affonseca © All Rights Reserved.


Varzea Piculet (Picumnus varzeae) Female Near Threatened Range: SA: c Amazonia Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil
Photograph by Anselmo d'Affonseca © All Rights Reserved.