Order: Piciformes | Family: Picidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Mato Grosso, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Mato Grosso, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Carajas, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Amazonian, Brazil
Status: The Bar-breasted Piculet occurs on the south side of the Amazon/Marañon, and east side of the Ucayali Rivers. It favors the forest canopy of the Amazonian forest. It is known to range up to 1250 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Br and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Carpinterito de Pecho Barrado.
Sub-species: Bar-breasted Piculet (Picumnus aurifrons flavifrons), Hargitt 1889. NE Peru and W Brazil (along R Solimões).
(P. a. juruanus), Gyldenstolpe 1941. E Peru to W Brazil (upper R Juruá).
Meaning of Name: Picumnus: Fr. Picumne, Piculet= little woodpecker. aurifrons: L. aurum, auri= gold, golden, and frons, front front= brow, forehead.
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 01/01/2015.