Brazilian name: Picapauzinho-anão
Little Woodpecker is distributed in the Amazon and Orinoco Basins and southwards as far as northern Argentina though it is missing from south Brazil and along part of the eastern coast of Brazil. See the distribution map at Birdlife International.
The male, in photos 3 and 4, has a red cap with black spotting on the forehead. Upperparts are olive with faint barring while underparts are barred whitish and dark grey. The female, in photos 1 and 2, lacks the red cap. Photos 3 and 4 from Ecuador show the sub-species V. p. agilis which has paler lines above and below the cheeks.
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