Olivaceous Piculet

Picumnus olivaceus

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Piciformes
Family
Picidae
Genus
Picumnus
eBird Code
olipic1

Subspecies (6)

  • Picumnus olivaceus dimotus

    lowlands of eastern Guatemala, northern Honduras, and eastern Nicaragua

  • Picumnus olivaceus eisenmanni

    western Venezuela (Sierra de Perijá) and adjacent Colombia

  • Picumnus olivaceus flavotinctus

    Costa Rica to Panama and far northwestern Colombia (Chocó)

  • Picumnus olivaceus harterti

    southwestern Colombia and western Ecuador; recorded from northwestern Peru (Tumbes)

  • Picumnus olivaceus olivaceus

    western Colombia (Sucre) south in Andes to Cauca Valley and eastward to Huila

  • Picumnus olivaceus tachirensis

    eastern Andes of Colombia and adjacent western Venezuela (southwestern Táchira)

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.