Typical Piculets
Picumnus
Picumnus is a large genus of piculets. With a total length of 8–10 cm (3–4 in), they are among the smallest birds in the woodpecker family. All species are found in the Neotropics except the speckled piculet (Picumnus innominatus) that has a wide distribution in China, India and Southeast Asia.
Species limits in this genus are doubtful, and the rate of interbreeding is "inordinately high" (Remsen et al. 2007). As defined by Winkler and Christie (2002), it contains the 27 species listed below, all from the Neotropics except the speckled piculet, which is Asian (and sometimes placed in a monotypic genus, Vivia).
28 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 25 known species
White-barred Piculet
speciesPicumnus cirratus
Speckled Piculet
speciesPicumnus innominatus
Olivaceous Piculet
speciesPicumnus olivaceus
Ochre-collared Piculet
speciesPicumnus temminckii
White-wedged Piculet
speciesPicumnus albosquamatus
Grayish Piculet
speciesPicumnus granadensis
Golden-spangled Piculet
speciesPicumnus exilis
Scaled Piculet
speciesPicumnus squamulatus
Ochraceous Piculet
speciesPicumnus limae
Lafresnaye's Piculet
speciesPicumnus lafresnayi
Mottled Piculet
speciesPicumnus nebulosus
Bar-breasted Piculet
speciesPicumnus aurifrons
Chestnut Piculet
speciesPicumnus cinnamomeus
Spotted Piculet
speciesPicumnus pygmaeus
Ocellated Piculet
speciesPicumnus dorbignyanus
Ecuadorian Piculet
speciesPicumnus sclateri
Fine-barred Piculet
speciesPicumnus subtilis
White-bellied Piculet
speciesPicumnus spilogaster
Rufous-breasted Piculet
speciesPicumnus rufiventris
Plain-breasted Piculet
speciesPicumnus castelnau
Speckle-chested Piculet
speciesPicumnus steindachneri
Orinoco Piculet
speciesPicumnus pumilus
Arrowhead Piculet
speciesPicumnus minutissimus
Várzea Piculet
speciesPicumnus varzeae
Rusty-necked Piculet
speciesPicumnus fuscus
Arrowhead × White-barred Piculet
hybridPicumnus minutissimus × cirratus
Picumnus albosquamatus × cirratus
hybridPicumnus albosquamatus × cirratus
Picumnus cirratus × temminckii
hybridPicumnus cirratus × temminckii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 17748.