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Proposed subspecies panamensis (eastern Panama to extreme north-western Colombia) considered insufficiently distinct from flavotinctus, and malleolus (northern Colombia from northern Sucre south to upper R Sinú and southern Bolivár) not distinguishable from nominate. In past, subspecies eisenmanni was referred to as subspecies "perijanus", but this name is preoccupied by a subspecies of Chestnut Piculet (Picumnus cinnamomeus).

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

• dimotus Bangs, 1903   -  Eastern Guatemala, northern Honduras and eastern Nicaragua.
• flavotinctus Ridgway, 1889   -  Costa Rica, Panama and extreme north-western Colombia (northern Chocó).
• eisenmanni Phelps Jr & Aveledo, 1966   -  Sierra de Perijá in extreme north-western Venezuela, possibly also in adjacent northern Colombia.
• olivaceus Lafresnaye, 1845   -  Western Colombia from northern Sucre (Serraní­a de San Jacinto) south to upper R Sinú and southern Bolí­var, southern in central Andes to lower Cauca Valley and in eastern Andes to Huila.
• tachirensis Phelps & Gilliard, 1941   -  Eastern slope of eastern Andes in north-central Colombia (Norte de Santander) and adjacent south-western Venezuela (south-western Táchira).
• harterti Hellmayr, 1909   -  South-western Colombia (south-western Nariño) and western Ecuador; recently recorded in north-western Peru (Tumbes).

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