Lafresnaye's piculet (Picumnus lafresnayi) is a species of bird in subfamily Picumninae of the woodpecker family Picidae.

Adult males of the nominate subspecies P. l. lafresnayi have a dark olive-brown cap with red spots on the forehead and whitish ones on the rest of it and the nape.

Their face is grayish buff with brown streaks or spots and a pale stripe behind the eye.

[4] The other three subspecies of Lafresnaye's piculet have yellow-orange spots on the forehead instead of the nominate's red ones.

P. l. pusillus has a slight rufous tinge to its upperparts, narrow dark bars on its underparts, and a mostly unbarred center of the belly.

[4] Lafresnaye's piculet gleans prey in the lower and middle strata of the forest.

Lafresnaye's piculet is not highly vocal, but does occasionally make a "high-pitched 'tseeyt, tsit'.