Orinoco Piculet (Picumnus pumilus)

Other Scientific Names
Picumnus pumilis [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
9 cm

First Described (Guide)
Cabanis & Heine, 1863

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 500 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela.

Eastern Colombia, southern Venezuela (southern Amazonas) and north-western Brazil (R Uaup�s east to R Ja�).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

Orinoco Piculet (Picumnus pumilus) [XC660376]
by Andrew Spencer from Ciudad de Piedra, Colombia (call)

Orinoco Piculet (Picumnus pumilus) [XC706536]
by Andrew Spencer from Ciudad P\u00e9rdida\/ Puerto Santander, Amazonas, Colombia (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Lafresnaye's Piculet (Picumnus lafresnayi) and often considered conspecific, but no evidence of interbreeding where ranges overlap slightly in south-eastern Colombia. Probably separated ecologically.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Orinoco Piculet (Picumnus pumilus) - 10 files

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