Bar-breasted Piculet (Picumnus aurifrons)
About the Bar-breasted Piculet
The bar-breasted piculet (Picumnus aurifrons) is a species of bird in subfamily Picumninae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. The bar-breasted piculet has seven subspecies: P. a. aurifrons Pelzeln, 1870 P. a. transfasciatus Hellmayr & Gyldenstolpe, 1937 P. a. borbae Pelzeln, 1870 P. a. wallacii Hargitt, 1889 P. a. purusianus Todd, 1946 P. a. flavifrons Hargitt, 1889 P. a. juruanus Gyldenstolpe, 1941 Subspecies P. a. borbae and P. a. wallacii have at times been treated as individual species, with P. a. juruanus as a subspecies of borbae.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 25 recordings for this species: 4 CC BY-NC-SA · 1 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Bolivia, Brazil, Peru in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Lafresnaye's PiculetPicumnus lafresnayirecording
- Rufous-breasted PiculetPicumnus rufiventrisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.