The Golden-spangled Piculet is a tiny woodpecker ranging across northern and eastern Brazil, eastern Venezuela and Colombia, and Guyana. It lives in forest and feeds on small invertebrates.
It is about 9–10 cm long and weighs roughly 8–9 g. The source confirms its very small size; plumage details from older taxonomic treatments are not added here.
It feeds on small invertebrates in forest, including dense habitats and moist lowland or mangrove-associated forest listed in the account.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.