Black-dotted Piculet (Picumnus nigropunctatus)
About the Black-dotted Piculet
The black-dotted piculet (Picumnus squamulatus nigropunctatus), also known as the black-spotted piculet, is a subspecies of bird in subfamily Picumninae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is endemic to Venezuela. The taxonomy of the black-dotted piculet is unsettled. It has variously been treated as conspecific with the white-bellied piculet (P. spilogaster) and with the golden-spangled piculet (P. exilis). It has also been treated as a junior synonym of P. salvinii which itself has been subsumed into the golden-spangled piculet, and as a synonym of one subspecies of scaled piculet (P. squamulatus obsoletus).
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 6 recordings for this species: 5 CC BY-NC-ND · 1 CC BY-NC-SA. 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.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Venezuela 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.