Woodpeckers (Picidae)

Scaled Piculet (Picumnus squamulatus) - HBW 7, p. 425

French: Picumne squamulé German: Schuppenzwergspecht Spanish: Carpinterito Escamoso

Taxonomy: Picumnus squamulatus Lafresnaye, 1854, Colombia.
Race lovejoyi possibly not sufficiently distinct to warrant acceptance. Race obsoletus almost certainly includes the form previously known as “P. exilis salvini”, described from “Bogotá” skins with no type locality. Five subspecies currently recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

rohli J. T. Zimmer & Phelps, Sr., 1944 - N Colombia (Santa Marta Mts S to about Boyacá) and N Venezuela (Zulia E to W Sucre and Monagas).
lovejoyi Phelps, Jr. & Aveledo, 1987 - extreme NW Venezuela (NW Zulia).
apurensis Phelps, Jr. & Aveledo, 1987 - NC Venezuela in Apure, Guárico and Anzoátegui (R Zuata and R Pariaguán).

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rohli J. T. Zimmer & Phelps, Sr., 1944 - N Colombia (Santa Marta Mts S to about Boyacá) and N Venezuela (Zulia E to W Sucre and Monagas).
lovejoyi Phelps, Jr. & Aveledo, 1987 - extreme NW Venezuela (NW Zulia).
apurensis Phelps, Jr. & Aveledo, 1987 - NC Venezuela in Apure, Guárico and Anzoátegui (R Zuata and R Pariaguán).
obsoletus Allen, 1892 - extreme NE Venezuela (E Sucre).
squamulatus Lafresnaye, 1854 - NE & C Colombia (Arauca S to Huila and NE Meta).