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Alternative names: Marcapata Piculet; Stager's Piculet

Picumnus subtilis

[edit] Identification

10cm. A tiny woodpecker.

• Black top of head with white spots, male with orange-red spots on upper forehead and crown
• Pale buff-white lores and nasal tufts
• Brownish-olive ear-coverts barred whitish
• Pale olive-buff neck sides vermiculated darker
• Yellowish-green hindneck and upperparts with some faint olive barring
• Grey-olive underparts with fine olive barring

Juveniles are more heavily barred.

[edit] Distribution

Foothills of eastern Peru.
A rare and little known restricted-range species.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
May occasionally hybridize with Plain-breasted Piculet.

[edit] Habitat

Humid tropical forest.
Occurs from lowlands up to 1000m.

[edit] Behaviour

No information about diet.
Breeding season probably from April to July.
Presumably a resident species.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and J Sargatal, eds. 2002. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 7: Jacamars to Woodpeckers. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334375

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