Picumnus lafresnayi
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Lafresnaye's piculet (Picumnus lafresnayi) is a species of bird in subfamily Picumninae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Lafresnaye's piculet has these four subspecies:
Picumnus lafresnayi lafresnayi Malherbe, 1862 Picumnus lafresnayi punctifrons Taczanowski, 1886 Picumnus lafresnayi taczanowskii Domaniewski, 1925 Picumnus lafresnayi pusillus Pinto, 1936 What is now Lafresnaye's piculet was for a time treated as a subspecies of the bar-breasted piculet (P. aurifrons). Subspecies P. l. punctifrons was at one time treated as a separate species. What is now the Orinoco piculet (P. pumilus) was previously considered to be a subspecies of Lafresnaye's piculet, and they are now thought to form a superspecies.
Lafresnaye's piculet is 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long and weighs 9 to 10 g (0.32 to 0.35 oz). Adult males of the nominate subspecies P. l. lafresnayi have a dark olive-brown cap with red spots on the forehead and whitish ones on the rest of it and the nape. Their face is grayish buff with brown streaks or spots and a pale stripe behind the eye. Their upperparts are dark green or brownish... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Lafresnaye's Piculet sighting in Sierra de la Macarena National Park on a given day, based on 36 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 207th most-seen of the 418 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, June and October–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lafresnaye's Piculet in Sierra de la Macarena National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, March–May and July–September, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lafresnaye's Piculet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Lafresnaye's Piculet sightings, Sierra de la Macarena National Park ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Podocarpus National Park (Ecuador, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lafresnaye's Piculet is recorded against all the birds logged in Sierra de la Macarena National Park (36 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
