Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Little Woodpecker (Veniliornis passerinus) - HBW 7, p. 500
French: Pic passerin
German: Sperlingsspecht
Spanish: Carpintero Chico
Taxonomy: Picus passerinus Linnaeus, 1766, Dominica; error = Cayenne.
Forms a superspecies with V. frontalis; the two sometimes hybridize, and have occasionally been considered conspecific. Races tend to intergrade. Birds from extreme W French Guiana described as race saturatus and those from E Brazil (N Goiás, W Bahia) as transfluvialis, but appear to be no more than intergrades. Nine subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- modestus J. T. Zimmer, 1942 - NE Venezuela.
- fidelis (Hargitt, 1889) - W Venezuela to E Colombia.
- passerinus (Linnaeus, 1766) - the Guianas and NE Brazil.
- modestus J. T. Zimmer, 1942 - NE Venezuela.
- fidelis (Hargitt, 1889) - W Venezuela to E Colombia.
- passerinus (Linnaeus, 1766) - the Guianas and NE Brazil.
- diversus J. T. Zimmer, 1942 - N Brazil.
- agilis (Cabanis & Heine, 1863) - E Ecuador E to W Brazil and S to N Bolivia.
- insignis J. T. Zimmer, 1942 - WC Brazil.
- tapajozensis Gyldenstolpe, 1941 - C Brazil.
- taenionotus (Reichenbach, 1854) - E Brazil.
- olivinus (Natterer & Malherbe, 1845) - S Bolivia, S Brazil, Paraguay and NW & NE Argentina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female at the nest site, looking inside and finally getting in Locality Curicaca Wildlife Refuge, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp agilis)
Alex García · Videoaves 31 March 2006 5 years ago 29 sec 4.5 -
A female pecking on a trunk, showing the zygodactyl toe arrangement characteristic of woodpeckers. Locality Curicaca Wildlife Refuge, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp agilis)
Alex García · Videoaves 22 July 2008 4 years ago 30 sec 4.4 -
A male looking inside the nest and jumping in, then cleaning it of small peaces of wood Locality Curicaca Wildlife Refuge, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp agilis)
Alex García · Videoaves 31 March 2006 5 years ago 49 sec 4.4 -
Male Locality Puerto Piracuacito, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Martin Manassero 20 February 2012 1 year ago 24 sec 4 -
A male feeding the nestlings Locality Rio Claro, São Paulo State, Brazil
Carlos Gussoni 14 May 2008 2 years ago 34 sec 3.8 -
A female feeding the nestlings Locality Rio Claro, São Paulo State, Brazil
Carlos Gussoni 14 May 2008 2 years ago 17 sec 3.6
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Dorsal view of a male resting in a tree.
Locality Trinidad, Beni Department, Bolivia (ssp olivinus)
Joe Tobias 6 September 2005 16 weeks ago 3.3 -
A male perched on a branch.
Locality Trinidad, Beni Department, Bolivia (ssp olivinus)
Joe Tobias 6 September 2005 16 weeks ago 3 -
Male of red form in hand
Locality Awala-Yalimapo, French Guiana (ssp saturatus)
maxcobigo 24 November 2009 3 years ago 3 -
A female on a branch
Locality Transpantaneira Road, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
Aleix Comas 25 August 2008 3 years ago 2.8 -
A male perched in a tree.
Locality Fazenda Praia Alta, Tocantins State, Brazil (ssp tapajozensis)
Josep del Hoyo 4 August 2011 46 weeks ago 2.4 -
Adult of green form who is climbing a tree
Locality Awala-Yalimapo, French Guiana
maxcobigo 24 November 2009 3 years ago 2
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A male singing once. Locality Fazenda Praia Alta, Tocantins State, Brazil
(ssp tapajozensis)
Josep del Hoyo 4 August 2011 46 weeks ago 4 -
Drumming. Locality Anavilhanas Archipelago, Rio Negro, Amazonas State, Brazil
Nick Athanas 26 January 2006 3 years ago 3.5
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