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Varzea Piculet

Picumnus varzeae Snethlage, HMMEE 1912

The varzea piculet is a species of bird in the family Picidae, the woodpeckers, piculets, and wrynecks. It is endemic to Brazil's Amazon basin where it occurs in seasonally flooded Várzea forests, which gives the bird its common name. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forest, and as the trees are progressively being cleared in the Amazon basin, the population of the bird is declining, and as a consequence, the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated it as an "endangered species". Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Picidae
Genus:
   Picumnus
Scientific:
  Picumnus varzeae


Original description

Citation:
  Snethlage, HMMEE 1912

Reference:
   Orn. Monatsber. 20 p.154

Protonym:
  Picumnus varzeae

Type locality:
  Fazenda Paraiso, near Faro, Para.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101399#page/172/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  1411CF3BD31647EC

Avibase ID:
  avibase-1411CF3B

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/1411CF3B


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 553962


NEAR THREATENED

Geographic range:

  • Picumnus varzeae: Amazonian Brazil (lower Rio Madeira to far western Pará)
English:
Varzea Piculet
Catalan:
Picotet de les Vàrzees
Czech:
datlíček amazonský
Danish:
Várzeadværgspætte
German:
Varzeazwergspecht
Spanish:
Carpinterito de las Várzeas
Spanish (Spain):
Carpinterito de Las Várzeas
Finnish:
várzeatikkanen
French:
Picumne des varzéas
Croatian:
mrki žunić
Italian:
Picchiolo della varzea
Japanese (romaji):
tsuchiirohimekitsutsuki
Japanese:
ツチイロヒメキツツキ
Lithuanian:
Amazoninis genelis
Dutch:
Varzeadwergspecht
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Varzeapikulett
Norwegian:
Varzeapikulett
Polish:
dzięciolnik ciemny
Portuguese:
picapauzinho-da-várzea
Portuguese (Brazil):
picapauzinho-da-várzea
Portuguese (Portugal):
picapauzinho-da-várzea
Russian:
Амазонский дятелок
Slovak:
ďatlíček lužný
Swedish:
várzeadvärgspett
Ukrainian:
Добаш бурий
Chinese:
巴西姬啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
巴西姬啄木


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Picumne des varzéas ( Picumnus varzeae)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Picumnus varzeae
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Picumnus varzeae
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
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South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
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South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
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South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
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South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
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South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
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South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
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South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023):
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South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Picumnus varzeae
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Species status: full species

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Catalan: Picotet de les Vàrzees
Czech: Datel amazonský, datliček amazonský, datlíček amazonský
Danish: Varzeadværgspætte, Várzeadværgspætte
German: Varzeazwergspecht, Varzea-Zwergspecht
English: Varzea Piculet
English, HBW: Varzea Piculet
English (IOC): Varzea Piculet
English (United States): Varzea Piculet
Esperanto: Varzea pikumno
Spanish: Carpinterito de las Várzeas, Carpinterito Pardo Overo
Spanish (Spain): Carpinterito de Las Várzeas
Spanish (HBW): Varzea Piculet
Estonian: tulvametsa-rähnak, varzearähnak
Finnish: Pensastikkanen, varzeatikkanen, várzeatikkanen
French: Picumne de Varzea, Picumne des varzéas
Croatian: mrki žunić
Italian: Picchio nano della Varzea, Picchiolo della varzea
Japanese (romaji): tsuchiirohimekitsutsuki
Japanese: ツチイロヒメキツツキ
Scientific: Picumnus varzeae
Lithuanian: Amazoninis genelis
Dutch: Varzeadwergspecht, Varzea-dwergspecht
Norwegian Nynorsk: Varzeapikulett
Norwegian: Varzeapikulett
Polish: dzieciolnik ciemny, dzięciolnik ciemny
Portuguese: Pica-pau-anão-da-várzea, picapauzinho-da-várzea
Portuguese (Brazil): Pica-pau-anão-da-várzea, picapauzinho-da-varzea, picapauzinho-da-várzea
Portuguese (Portugal): Pica-pau-anão-das-várzeas, picapauzinho-da-várzea
Russian: Амазонский дятелок
Slovak: ďatlíček lužný
Swedish: Varzeadvärgspett, várzeadvärgspett
Turkish: Varzea kakancığı
Ukrainian: Добаш бурий
Chinese: 巴西姬啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 巴西姬啄木

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