The spotted piculet (Picumnus pygmaeus) is a species of bird in subfamily Picumninae of the woodpecker family Picidae.

Adult males have a black cap with a red patch on the forehead and white spots on the rest of it.

Their flight feathers are dark brown with buff or cinnamon-buff edges and tips on the secondaries and tertials.

Their underparts are light to darkish brown, usually with a rufous tinge, and large black and white spots.

Nest building has been noted in December and a female was observed feeding a grown chick in October.

[1] The lack of knowledge about the species could be due to its being uncommon but it is possibly simply overlooked.