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The white-barred piculet is a small species of woodpecker belonging to the subfamily Picumninae, native to the Neotropical region. It occupies a broad geographic range across South America, with populations found from Colombia and Venezuela southward through Brazil, Paraguay, and into northeastern A...

The Antillean Piculet, Nesoctites micromegas, is a small woodpecker in the family Picidae and the only species in its genus. It is endemic to Hispaniola, the Caribbean island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, where it occurs in several wooded habitats, including humid and dry forests, pine...

The Ocellated Piculet is a small woodpecker in the family Picidae and the genus Picumnus. It occurs in parts of the Andes, including Bolivia, Peru, and northern Argentina, where it uses wooded habitats on mountain slopes. The species is named for its spotted or eye-like markings, and its compact bil...

The ochre-collared piculet is a small woodpecker in the genus Picumnus, with the scientific name Picumnus temminckii. It occurs in parts of southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina, where it uses lowland forest, thickets, secondary growth, and other dense vegetation. Its nam...

The rufous-breasted piculet is a small South American woodpecker in the family Picidae and the genus Picumnus. Its scientific name is Picumnus rufiventris, and it occurs in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Adults are distinguished by rich rufous or orange-chestnut coloration on the face...

The chestnut piculet is a small woodpecker in the family Picidae, with the scientific name Picumnus cinnamomeus. It is native to northern South America, where it occurs in woodland and forest habitats. The species is recognized by its predominantly chestnut or rusty-brown body, contrasting with a da...

The golden-spangled piculet is a small South American woodpecker with the scientific name Picumnus exilis. It has olive-green upperparts, a pale yellowish underbody marked with dark bars, and a crown pattern that differs between males and females. The species occurs in tropical and subtropical fores...

The White-browed Piculet is a small woodpecker in the family Picidae and the genus Sasia. It occurs in parts of the Himalayan region and mainland Southeast Asia, where it uses forest and bamboo habitats. Its name refers to the pale eyebrow and facial markings that contrast with its mainly greenish o...

The Rufous Piculet is a very small Asian woodpecker in the genus Sasia. It occurs in forested parts of mainland and insular Southeast Asia, where it searches for insects and other small invertebrates on trunks, branches, and bamboo. The bird has a compact body and a very short tail, features that di...

The Fine-barred Piculet is a small woodpecker in the genus Picumnus and is endemic to Peru. It inhabits forested environments in the country, including areas where dense vegetation provides suitable foraging cover. Its common name refers to the fine dark barring visible on parts of the plumage, espe...

The White-bellied Piculet is a small South American woodpecker in the genus Picumnus. It occurs in the Guianas and in northern and eastern parts of Brazil, using forest and woodland habitats. The species is identified by its pale or white belly, which contrasts with the darker patterned plumage on t...

The Speckled Piculet is a small Asian woodpecker in the genus Picumnus. Its range extends from parts of the Indian subcontinent through mainland Southeast Asia to southern China, although the species occupies suitable forest and woodland habitats within that broad region. The bird is recognized by t...

The Arrowhead Piculet is a small South American woodpecker associated with forests of the Amazon Basin. Its common name comes from dark, arrow-shaped markings on the pale underparts, a pattern used to distinguish it from related piculets. The species has the short tail, compact body, and stiff postu...

The Rusty-necked Piculet is a very small woodpecker in the piculet group, a lineage of birds adapted to searching tree trunks and branches for small invertebrates. It occurs in parts of the Amazonian region, including Brazil and Bolivia, where it uses tropical forest habitats. Its common name refers...

The Mottled Piculet is a small South American woodpecker recognized by its mottled, cryptic plumage. It occurs in woodland and forest habitats in parts of southeastern South America, including Argentina and neighboring countries. Like other piculets, it has a compact body and a short bill suited to...

The Ecuadorian Piculet is a small woodpecker associated with dry forest, scrub, and other seasonally arid habitats in Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Its distribution is centered on the Tumbesian region, an area known for distinctive dry-forest bird communities. The species is named for Ecuador, wher...

The Spotted Piculet is a small woodpecker found in eastern Brazil. It is associated with dry woodland and related tropical habitats, where its patterned plumage can provide camouflage among bark, twigs, and foliage. The species belongs to the piculet group, whose members are generally much smaller t...

The Tawny Piculet (Picumnus fulvescens) is a small member of the woodpecker family Picidae and is endemic to Brazil. Its principal range lies in the northeastern Caatinga, with records from Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, and Bahia east of the São Francisco River. It has al...

The Scaled Piculet (Picumnus squamulatus) is a small woodpecker in the subfamily Picumninae, native to Colombia and Venezuela. It is identified by the scale-like patterning on its underparts, reflected in the Latin name squamulatus. The species uses a range of semi-open habitats, including gallery f...

The Ochraceous Piculet (Picumnus limae) is a small woodpecker endemic to northeastern Brazil. It occurs from Ceará south to Sergipe and inland into Piauí, using habitats within both the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest, from dry open woodland to more humid forest and some human-modified sites. Adult mal...

The Lafresnaye's Piculet (Picumnus lafresnayi) is a small woodpecker of the Amazonian lowlands and foothills. Its range includes southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, Peru, and a separate population in north-central Brazil along the middle Amazon toward the Rio Negro. It is associated with humid l...

The Orinoco Piculet (Picumnus pumilus) is a very small woodpecker in the piculet subfamily, about 9 cm long. It occurs in eastern Colombia, southern Venezuela, and northwestern Brazil, where it is associated with humid lowland forest, forest edges, gallery woodland, and thickets. Its brownish-green...

The African Piculet is a small woodpecker in the family Picidae, currently classified by many authorities as Verreauxia africana; older treatments use Sasia africana. It occurs in humid forest habitats across western and central Africa, including areas around the Gulf of Guinea and the Congo Basin....

The Olivaceous Piculet (Picumnus olivaceus) is a small New World woodpecker in the family Picidae. Its range extends from Guatemala through parts of Central America and northern South America to Peru, and it uses forest edges, secondary forest, open woodland, plantations, and gardens as well as othe...

The Guianan Piculet, also called the Arrowhead Piculet, is a small woodpecker with the scientific name Picumnus minutissimus. It is naturally associated mainly with Suriname, with possible or historical records in neighboring French Guiana and Guyana depending on the source used. Peter Simon Pallas...

The Bar-breasted Piculet (Picumnus aurifrons) is a small South American woodpecker in the family Picidae. It is distributed in the Amazon Basin, with records from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru, and is generally treated as a resident species. Its common name refers to its barred breast pattern,...

The White-wedged Piculet, Picumnus albosquamatus, is a small woodpecker in the piculet subfamily of Picidae. It occurs in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay, using moderately dry cerrado, gallery forest, and related wooded habitats. Adults are brownish above and pale below, with dark flight fe...

The Grayish Piculet, Picumnus granadensis, is a small woodpecker in the piculet subfamily and is endemic to Colombia. It has grayish-brown to olive-tinged upperparts, dull white underparts, a dark bill, and legs with a gray, greenish, or bluish tinge. Two subspecies are recognized, including Picumnu...

The Plain-breasted Piculet (Picumnus castelnau) is a small woodpecker in the piculet subfamily of the family Picidae. It occupies floodplain forest along the Ucayali and Amazon rivers in eastern Peru, southeastern Colombia, and far-western Brazil, with records associated with Cecropia-dominated habi...