Speckle-chested piculet the natural forest within its range is cleared through logging, to make way for agriculture, coffee plantations and grazing land. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being endangered. It is an inconspicuous bird, and it is possible that further, unknown populations may exist in remote forests in the area. Speckle-chested piculet The speckle-chested piculet ("Picumnus steindachneri") is a species of bird in the family Picidae (woodpeckers) endemic to Peru. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland and montane forests. It is threatened by habitat destruction as the forests are cleared to make way
Varzea piculet is unlikely to be confused with any other piculet because it is the only species in its range with dark underparts. The varzea piculet is endemic to Brazil in tropical South America where it has a rather limited range. It lives along the Amazon River in a wildlife corridor, in the forest called "várzea forest", a freshwater swamp forest. It ranges from the confluence of the Amazon River with the Rio Negro in a , variable-width corridor downstream for about to the confluence of the Trombetas River from the north. The confluence of the Tapajós River joins here from the