Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Orinoco Piculet (Picumnus pumilus) - HBW 7, p. 423
French: Picumne de l’Orénoque
German: Orinokozwergspecht
Spanish: Carpinterito del Orinoco
Taxonomy: Picumnus pumilus Cabanis and Heine, 1863, no locality.
Forms a superspecies with P. lafresnayi. Often considered conspecific, but no evidence of interbreeding where ranges overlap slightly in SE Colombia; probably separated ecologically. Monotypic.
Distribution: E Colombia, S Venezuela (S Amazonas) and NW Brazil (R Uaupés E to R Jaú).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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One ind of this near-endemic piculet working on a branch near the trail Locality Mitú, Vaupés Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA... 1 December 2009 3 years ago 33 sec 3.2
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A male clinging to a sapling.
Locality Mitú, Vaupés Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 9 June 2011 1 year ago 4 -
One ind working on a branch. Mitu, Vaupes, Colombia.
Locality Mitú, Vaupés Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA... 1 December 2009 3 years ago 3 -
One ind working tiny sticks for insects
Locality Mitú, Vaupés Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA... 27 December 2011 1 year ago 2.7
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Various vocalizations from one bird. Locality Mitú, Vaupés Department, Colombia
Nick Athanas 13 June 2011 1 year ago 4.3
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