Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Golden-spangled Piculet (Picumnus exilis) - HBW 7, p. 424
French: Picumne de Buffon
German: Goldschuppen-Zwergspecht
Spanish: Carpinterito Telegrafista
Taxonomy: Picus exilis M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1823, São Paulo; error = Bahia.
May be more closely related to P. fuscus. Formerly treated by many authors as conspecific with P. nigropunctatus, which was included as a synonym of the form “salvini”; latter, described from “Bogotá” skins with no type locality, had earlier been lumped as a race of present species; all pre-1990’s taxonomic conclusions were, however, based on totally inadequate material, with very few study skins available, and recent research using series of specimens has shown “salvini” to be almost certainly a synonym of P. squamulatus obsoletus. Six subspe.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Picus exilis M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1823, São Paulo; error = Bahia.
May be more closely related to P. fuscus. Formerly treated by many authors as conspecific with P. nigropunctatus, which was included as a synonym of the form “salvini”; latter, described from “Bogotá” skins with no type locality, had earlier been lumped as a race of present species; all pre-1990’s taxonomic conclusions were, however, based on totally inadequate material, with very few study skins available, and recent research using series of specimens has shown “salvini” to be almost certainly a synonym of P. squamulatus obsoletus. Six subspecies recognized.
May be more closely related to P. fuscus. Formerly treated by many authors as conspecific with P. nigropunctatus, which was included as a synonym of the form “salvini”; latter, described from “Bogotá” skins with no type locality, had earlier been lumped as a race of present species; all pre-1990’s taxonomic conclusions were, however, based on totally inadequate material, with very few study skins available, and recent research using series of specimens has shown “salvini” to be almost certainly a synonym of P. squamulatus obsoletus. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- undulatus Hargitt, 1889 - extreme E Colombia (NE Guainía), SE Venezuela, N Brazil (Roraima) and W Guyana.
- clarus J. T. Zimmer & Phelps, Sr., 1946 - E Venezuela in E Bolívar and S Delta Amacuro.
- buffoni Lafresnaye, 1845 - E Guyana E to NC Brazil (Amapá).
- undulatus Hargitt, 1889 - extreme E Colombia (NE Guainía), SE Venezuela, N Brazil (Roraima) and W Guyana.
- clarus J. T. Zimmer & Phelps, Sr., 1946 - E Venezuela in E Bolívar and S Delta Amacuro.
- buffoni Lafresnaye, 1845 - E Guyana E to NC Brazil (Amapá).
- alegriae Hellmayr, 1929 - coastal NE Pará and NW Maranhão (NC Brazil).
- pernambucensis J. T. Zimmer, 1947 - coasts of Pernambuco and Alagoas (NE Brazil).
- exilis (M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1823) - coastal Bahia S to Espírito Santo (EC Brazil).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A below shot of a female in a tree and flying away Locality Una Ecopark, Bahia State, Brazil (ssp exilis)
Josep del Hoyo 20 January 2005 5 years ago 44 sec 4.5 -
Front and side views of a male. Locality Veracel (Veracruz) Private Reserve, Porto Seguro, Bahia State, Brazil (ssp exilis)
Ciro Albano 19 November 2011 1 year ago 34 sec 4.3 -
Two adult birds (RPPN Pedra D´Anta). Locality Lagoa dos Gatos, Pernambuco State, Brazil (ssp pernambucensis)
Carlos Gussoni 1 December 2012 27 weeks ago 59 sec 4.3 -
A male on a wire, then flying away. Locality Saltinho Biological Reserve, Tamandaré, Pernambuco State, Brazil (ssp pernambucensis)
Josep del Hoyo 15 October 2008 3 years ago 14 sec 4.2 -
A male in good light foraging on some thin branches. Locality Babunhol, Brokopondo District, Suriname (ssp buffoni)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 20 March 2011 1 year ago 23 sec 4 -
A male after playback. Locality Fazenda Country, Canavieiras, Bahia State, Brazil
Antonio Silveira 24 January 2013 18 weeks ago 10 sec 3
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Golden-spangled Piculet
Locality Jaqueira (Frei Caneca Reserve), Pernambuco State, Brazil
Stephen John Jones 25 February 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Male clinging to a dead branch
Locality Inírida, Guainía Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 16 weeks ago 3.8 -
One adult bird perched.
Locality Lagoa dos Gatos, Pernambuco State, Brazil (ssp pernambucensis)
Carlos Gussoni 5 December 2012 26 weeks ago 3.7 -
Bird captured in mist nets during ecological research to understand the effect of different types of land use on the avifauna Am
Locality Almeirim, Pará State, Brazil
Christian Andretti 14 December 2004 11 weeks ago 3.5 -
Male perched after playback.
Locality Fazenda Country, Canavieiras, Bahia State, Brazil
Antonio Silveira 24 January 2013 20 weeks ago 3.5 -
A male on a branch, seen from below.
Locality Iracema Falls, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas State, Brazil
Joe Tobias 11 April 2009 20 weeks ago 3.5
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Song. Locality Veracel (Veracruz) Private Reserve, Porto Seguro, Bahia State, Brazil
(ssp exilis)
Nick Athanas 24 September 2007 3 years ago 3
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