White-wedged piculet is fairly common. The population appears to be stable, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of least concern. White-wedged piculet The white-wedged piculet ("Picumnus albosquamatus") is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and dry savannah. It hybridizes with the white-barred piculet where their ranges overlap. The species grows to a length of and is rather variable in appearance. The male has a red fore-crown while
Ochre-collared piculet are chocolate. The tail is mostly black but the inner webs of the central two feathers are white, and the inner webs of the outer four feathers are whitish near the tip. The chin and throat are white with slight barring, and the underparts are white or cream heavily barred with black, especially on the lower belly. The iris is brown, the beak is black and slightly curved and the legs are grey. The ochre-collared piculet is native to South America, its range extending from southeastern Brazil and eastern Paraguay to northeastern Argentina. It is a resident and sedentary species