Black-spotted / dotted Piculet (1 Viewer)

[Andy Adcock]

As I go through all my old reports, I come across Picumnus (squamulatus) nigropunctatus) which it seems, has been treated by some as a Venezuelan endemic, split from Scaled Piculet and or others.

My query, not only does the species not exist on the IOC the race doesn't either? Further investigation suggests that this refers to Picumnus squamulatus obsoletus, can anyone shed more light on this?

Looking at the field guide (Ascanio), purely on the basis of morphology, Black-dotted Piculet is very distinctive.

 

[Jim LeNomenclatoriste]

As I go through all my old reports, I come across Picumnus (squamulatus) nigropunctatus) which it seems, has been treated by some as a Venezuelan endemic, split from Scaled Piculet and or others.

My query, not only does the species not exist on the IOC the race doesn't either? Further investigation suggests that this refers to Picumnus squamulatus obsoletus, can anyone shed more light on this?

Looking at the field guide, purely on the basis of morphology, Black-dotted Piculet is very distinctive.

This study from 2014 synonymized nigropunctatus with obsoletus

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265855595_A_taxonomic_review_of_Picumnus_exilis_Aves_Picidae_reveals_an_underestimation_of_Piculet_species_diversity_in_South_America

 

[Andy Adcock]

Bloody hell Jim, that was quick!

Thanks

 

[Jim LeNomenclatoriste]

Bloody hell Jim, that was quick!

Thanks

😉 I'm precocious 😂😂😂

Look at your PM please x)

 

[Andy Adcock]

😉 I'm precocious 😂😂😂

Look at your PM please x)

I don't have any?

 

[Jim LeNomenclatoriste]

I don't have any?

Normally yes, I sent you a PM recently

 

[Andy Adcock]

Normally yes, I sent you a PM recently

Was it about a weird email?

If it was, firstly apologies, I got so many messages to reply to and thought I'd replied to all of them but my email was compromised and any message that people got from me was from scammers.

 

[Jim LeNomenclatoriste]

If it was, my email was compromised and any message that people got from me was from scammers.

Yes, precisely. I must blocked the email address. But I wonder if you are keep your good email address

 

[Andy Adcock]

Yes, precisely. I must blocked the email address. But I wonder if you are keep your good email address

That email address is fine now, changed password but I appeal to anybody, who gets anymore messages like this, to initially ignore them and contact me before they reply or open the message.

 

[Jim LeNomenclatoriste]

That email address is fine now, changed password but I appeal to anybody, who gets anymore messages like this, to initially ignore them and contact me before they reply or open the message.

I replied to only one then blocked it 😂

This won't be the first time I've responded to a doubtful email. The most important thing is not to click on any links in the email

 

[Andy Adcock]

I replied to only one then blocked it 😂

This won't be the first time I've responded to a doubtful email. The most important thing is not to click on any links in the email

That account should be OK now but I'll use gmail in future if we have to have contact privately.