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May be more closely related to Rusty-necked Piculet (Picumnus fuscus). Formerly treated by many authors as conspecific with Picumnus nigropunctatus, which was included as a synonym of the form "salvini"; latter, described from "Bogotá" skins with no type locality, had earlier been lumped as a subspecies of present species. However, all pre-1990's taxonomic conclusions were based on totally inadequate material, with very few study skins available, and recent research using series of specimens has shown "salvini" to be almost certainly a synonym of subspecies obsoletus of Scaled Piculet (Picumnus squamulatus).

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

• undulatus Hargitt, 1889   -  Extreme eastern Colombia (north-eastern Guainí­a), south-eastern Venezuela, northern Brazil (Roraima) and western Guyana.
• clarus Zimmer, JT & Phelps, 1946   -  Eastern Venezuela in eastern Bolí­var and southern Delta Amacuro.
• buffonii Lafresnaye, 1845   -  Eastern Guyana to north-eastern Brazil north of the Amazon in Amapa, and south of the Amazon in north-eastern Para and north-western Maranhao.
• alegriae Hellmayr, 1929   -  Coastal north-eastern Pará and north-western Maranhío (north-central Brazil).
• pernambucensis Zimmer, JT, 1947   -  Coasts of Pernambuco and Alagoas (north-eastern Brazil).
• exilis (Lichtenstein, 1823)   -  Coastal Bahia south to Espí­rito Santo (east-central Brazil).

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