Order: Piciformes | Family: Picidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Southern Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Southern Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Southern Brazil
Status: The status of White-wedged Piculet in Peru is not well known. It is only known from a few sightings and a specimen collected in Pampa Juliaca, in Pampas del Heath in extreme southeast Peru. It also occurs in Bo and Br.
Name in Spanish: Carpinterito Escamado.
Sub-species: White-wedged Piculet (Picumnus albosquamatus albosquamatus), d’Orbigny 1840.
Meaning of Name: Picumnus: Fr. Picumne, Piculet= little woodpecker. albosquamatus: L. albus= white, and esquamatus= with scales, scaled.

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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.