Black-dotted Piculet (Picumnus nigropunctatus) [XC202245]
by id from Ca\u00f1o Colorado, Monagas, Venezuela (song)
Black-dotted Piculet (Picumnus nigropunctatus) [XC228039]
by Nick Athanas from Finca Vuelta Larga, Sucre, Venezuela (ticking)
Subspecies
Not recognized as a species by BirdLife International. Sometimes considered conspecific with White-bellied Piculet (Picumnus spilogaster) and with Golden-spangled Piculet (Picumnus exilis).
Sometimes treated as conspecific with White-bellied Piculet (Picumnus spilogaster), but vocalizations differ. Although initially described as a full species, was later lumped in Golden-spangled Piculet (Picumnus exilis) as a synonym of form "salvini". However, latter shown by recent research to be almost certainly a synonym of subspecies obsoletus of Scaled Piculet (Picumnus squamulatus), from which present species differs significantly in plumage details. Further research needed on relationships.