- Picumnus castelnau
Identification
8-9cm. A tiny woodpecker.
- Black top of head, male with broad red feather tips on central crown
- Finely whitish vermiculated lower nape
- Buffish-white lores and nasal tufts
- Brown ear-coverts vermiculated grey and whitish
- Barred or vermiculated buff-grey hindneck and neck sides
- Dark greyish-olive upperparts
- White underparts lightly washed yellowish
Juvenile similar to female but duller with stronger hint of barrin above and faint barring below.
Similar species
Redder crown tips, no white nape spots and paler unbarred underparts compared to Fine-barred Piculet.
Distribution
From southeast Colombia to eastern Peru. An old record from Ecuador probably not valid.
Rare to uncommon in its range but probably overlooked.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
May occasionally hybridize with Fine-barred Piculet.
Habitat
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, particularly swamp-forest and varzea forest.
Occurs from lowlands up to 900m.
Behaviour
Diet not recorded.
Forages solitary and in pairs, sometimes in mixed-species flocks.
Breeding season probably from May to July. No other information.
Presumably a resident species.
References
- 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
- 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
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Plain-breasted Piculet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Plain-breasted_Piculet
