Scaled Piculet (Picumnus squamulatus)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
8 - 9 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lafresnaye, 1854

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry forest. From sea-level - 1,900 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and stable.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

Scaled Piculet (Picumnus squamulatus) [XC445041]
by Miguel Angel Torres from Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia (peckking)

Scaled Piculet (Picumnus squamulatus) [XC374128]
by id from Gu\u00e1quira, San Felipe, Yaracuy, Venezuela (picoteo)

Subspecies
Subspecies lovejoyi possibly not sufficiently distinct to warrant acceptance. Subspecies obsoletus almost certainly includes the form previously known as "subspecies salvini of Golden-spangled Piculet (Picumnus exilis)", described from "Bogot�" skins with no type locality.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

rohli Zimmer, JT and Phelps, 1944 - Northern Colombia (Santa Marta Mts south to about Boyac�) and northern Venezuela (Zulia east to western Sucre and Monagas).
lovejoyi Phelps Jr & Aveledo, 1987 - Extreme north-western Venezuela (north-western Zulia).
apurensis Phelps Jr & Aveledo, 1987 - North-central Venezuela in Apure, Gu�rico and Anzo�tegui (R Zuata and R Pariagu�n).
obsoletus Allen, JA, 1892 - Extreme north-eastern Venezuela (eastern Sucre).
squamulatus Lafresnaye, 1854 - North-eastern and central Colombia (Arauca south to Huila and north-eastern Meta).

References
See References.

Files:

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