Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Lafresnaye's Piculet (Picumnus lafresnayi) - HBW 7, p. 424
French: Picumne de Lafresnaye
German: Lafresnayezwergspecht
Spanish: Carpinterito de Lafresnaye
Taxonomy: Picumnus Lafresnayi Malherbe, 1862, Ecuador.
Forms a superspecies with P. pumilus; these two are sometimes considered conspecific, but their ranges overlap slightly in SE Colombia apparently without interbreeding. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- lafresnayi Malherbe, 1862 - SE Colombia, E Ecuador and N Peru.
- pusillus Pinto, 1936 - NC Brazil on middle R Amazon E to R Negro.
- taczanowskii Domaniewski, 1925 - NE & NC Peru (S to Huánuco).
- punctifrons Taczanowski, 1886 - E Peru.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two birds foraging in a tree. Locality Moyobamba, San Martín Department, Peru
Yoel Jimenez 28 November 2012 11 weeks ago 42 sec 4 -
An adult feeding two juvenile's. Locality Moyobamba, San Martín Department, Peru
Yoel Jimenez 28 November 2012 11 weeks ago 57 sec 3.8 -
foraging Locality Moyobamba, San Martín Department, Peru
Daniêl Jimenez 28 November 2012 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 46 sec 3.7 -
A male tapping industriously on a branch Locality San Rafael Falls, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp lafresnayi)
Scott Olmstead 13 February 2008 5 years ago 18 sec 3.6 -
ventral rear view in mist, calls Locality Copalinga Lodge, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador (ssp lafresnayii)
Martin Kennewell 5 April 2011 2 years ago 13 sec 3
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A front view from an adult male perched.
Locality Iranduba, Amazonas State, Brazil
Anselmo d Affonseca 34 weeks ago 3.8 -
A bird in a tree
Locality Copalinga Lodge, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador (ssp lafresnayi)
hawk 14 September 2009 1 year ago 3 -
A bird perching
Locality Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 29 September 2008 4 years ago 2.7
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