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'''Includes: Black-spotted Piculet'''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
[[South America]]: found in [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], [[French Guiana]], [[Brazil]]
 
[[South America]]: found in [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], [[French Guiana]], [[Brazil]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
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Several subspecies. ''Nigropunctatus'' (or ''salvini'') from northeast [[Venezuela]] is sometimes accepted as full species, '''Black-spotted Piculet'''.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
[[Image:Golden-spangled_Piculet.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|arthurgrosset|arthurgrosset}}<br />Bird picutred is a female<br />Photographed:  Murici, Alagoas, [[Brazil]]]]
 
[[Image:Golden-spangled_Piculet.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|arthurgrosset|arthurgrosset}}<br />Bird picutred is a female<br />Photographed:  Murici, Alagoas, [[Brazil]]]]

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Photo by alexandre vinot
Photographed: Kourou French Guiana
Picumnus exilis

Includes: Black-spotted Piculet

Identification

Distribution

South America: found in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil

Taxonomy

Several subspecies. Nigropunctatus (or salvini) from northeast Venezuela is sometimes accepted as full species, Black-spotted Piculet.

Habitat



Photo by arthurgrosset
Bird picutred is a female
Photographed: Murici, Alagoas, Brazil

A variety of habitats from rainforest to open woodland and coastal forest.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.

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