Spotted Piculet
Picumnus pygmaeus(Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
English (US) Spotted Piculet
The Spotted Piculet (Picumnus pygmaeus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Picidae (Woodpeckers) in the order Piciformes.
Range: eastern Brazil (central MaranhĂŁo and PiauĂ to southern Bahia and northern Minas Gerais)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Picumnus pygmaeus
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Spotted Piculet
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus pygmaeus
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
- Type locality
- Brazil = Baia.
- Original description
- Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin nebst Beschreibung vieler bisher unbekannter Arten von Säugethieren, Vögeln, Amphibien und Fischen p.12
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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