Mottled piculet
Picumnus nebulosus Sundevall, 1866
The mottled piculet (Picumnus nebulosus) is a species in the family Picidae, order Piciformes. Recorded adults weigh 11.6 g to 12 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the mottled piculet
- Weight
- 11.6 g – 12 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the mottled piculet live?
Not recorded
What is the mottled piculet?
The mottled piculet (Picumnus nebulosus) is a Near Threatened species of bird in subfamily Picumninae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.
From the Wikipedia article “Mottled piculet” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mottled_piculet&oldid=1380728955), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.
Is the mottled piculet endangered?
The mottled piculet is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the mottled piculet classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPiciformes
- familyPicidae
- genusPicumnus
- SpeciesPicumnus nebulosus Sundevall, 1866
Synonyms Picumnus jheringi
Other names and names in other languages (33)
- picotet nebulósCatalan
- datlíček hnědoprsýCzech
- cnocellan frechWelsh
- Sortflanket DværgspætteDanish
- BraunbrustzwergspechtGerman
- Braunbrust-ZwergspechtGerman
- brunbrusta pegetoEsperanto
- Carpinterito uruguayoSpanish
- Carpinterito enanoSpanish
- Carpinterito ocráceoSpanish
- uruguai rähnakEstonian
- دارشکنک لکهدارPersian
- uruguayntikkanenFinnish
- Picumne striéFrench
- riđoprsi žunićCroatian
- Picchiolo maculatoItalian
- ベニボウシヒメキツツキJapanese
- margasis genelisLithuanian
- BruinborstdwergspechtDutch
- brunbrystpikulettNorwegian
- dzięciolnik czerwonoczapkowyPolish
- پکمنس نیبولوسسWestern Panjabi
- picapauzinho-carijóPortuguese
- Pica-pau-anão-carijóPortuguese
- picapauzinho-meridionalPortuguese
- Бурогрудый дятелокRussian
- ďatlíček hnedoprsýSlovak
- Pirgava žunicaSerbian
- brunbröstad dvärgspettSwedish
- Bulutsu KakancıkTurkish
- добаш бразильськийUkrainian
- 雜色姬啄木Chinese
- 丽色姬啄木鸟Chinese
Relatives of the mottled piculet
Other species in the same genus Picumnus.
Speckled piculet
Picumnus innominatus
White-barred piculet
Picumnus cirratus
Bar-breasted piculet
Picumnus aurifrons
Plain-breasted piculet
Picumnus castelnau
Golden-spangled piculet
Picumnus exilis
Greyish piculet
Picumnus granadensis
CompareMottled piculet vs Speckled piculetMottled piculet vs White-barred piculetMottled piculet vs Bar-breasted piculetMottled piculet vs Plain-breasted piculet
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the mottled piculet?
An adult mottled piculet weighs 11.6 g – 12 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the mottled piculet endangered?
The mottled piculet is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the mottled piculet?
The mottled piculet (Picumnus nebulosus) belongs to the family Picidae in the order Piciformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
Embed a card for this animal on your own site
Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.
CreatureData. (2026). Mottled piculet (Picumnus nebulosus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mottled-piculet
“Mottled piculet (Picumnus nebulosus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mottled-piculet.
@misc{mottled_piculet_2026,
title = {Mottled piculet (Picumnus nebulosus)},
author = {{CreatureData}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mottled-piculet},
note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}