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Alternative name: Golden-fronted Piculet

Picumnus aurifrons

[edit] Identification

7,5cm. A tiny woodpecker

• Pale yellow underparts
• Brownish bars on breast
• Brownish streaks on belly
• Black head with white spots
• Male has yellow forehead spots

Juveniles are duller brown and have streaked (not spotted) markings below

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil.
Poorly known, seems to be uncommon but possibly overlooked.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are 7 subspecies.

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• P. a. aurifrons:

• Northern Mato Grosso of Brazil (upper Rio Madeira to Rio Tapajós)

• P. a. transfasciatus:

• East-central Brazil (Rio Tapajós to Rio Tocantins)

• P. a. borbae:

• Central Brazil (lower Rio Tapajós to lower Rio Madeira)

• P. a. wallacii:

• Brazil (lower Rio Madeira to lower Rio Purús)

• P. a. purusianus:

• Western Brazil (upper Rio Purús)

• P. a. flavifrons:

• North-eastern Peru and western Brazil (along Rio Solimões)

• P. a. juruanus:

• Eastern Peru to western Brazil (upper Rio Juruá)

[edit] Habitat

Humid terra firme forest and varzea forest.
Seen mainly at edges and in clearings, also in second growth.

[edit] Behaviour

Breeding season probably June to November. No other information.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and J Sargatal, eds. 2002. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 7: Jacamars to Woodpeckers. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334375
3. Arthur Grosset

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• Arthur Grosset's Birds