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[[Image:VarzeaPiculetAdA.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo of Male by {{user|Anselmo+d+Affonseca|Anselmo d Affonseca}}<br />[[Parintins, Amazonas]], [[Brazil]], Dec., 2015]] | [[Image:VarzeaPiculetAdA.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo of Male by {{user|Anselmo+d+Affonseca|Anselmo d Affonseca}}<br />[[Parintins, Amazonas]], [[Brazil]], Dec., 2015]] | ||
| + | [[Image:VarzeaPiculetFemAdA.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo of Female by {{user|Anselmo+d+Affonseca|Anselmo d Affonseca}}<br />[[Amazonas]], [[Brazil]], Dec., 2015]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
8-9cm. A tiny woodpecker. | 8-9cm. A tiny woodpecker. | ||
Revision as of 15:20, 8 October 2016
- Picumnus varzeae
Identification
8-9cm. A tiny woodpecker.
- Black top of head with white feather tips, male with broad red feather tips on crown forming a solid red patch
- White lores speckled black
- Dark brown rest of plumage
- Underparts with rows of white-tipped black feathers
Juveniles are more barred below
Distribution
South America: found in Amazonian Brazil (lower Rio Madeira to extreme western Pará).
A little-known restricted-range species.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Hybridization with White-barred Piculet recorded.
Habitat
Moist lowland forests, varzea with dense undergrowth.
Behaviour
No information about diet.
Breeding season possibly from June to December. 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) Varzea Piculet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Varzea_Piculet
