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Himalayas - 391
aloktewari

Himalayas - 391 (Picumnus innominatus)

Himalayas - 391 ...

The Forest-edge ...

The morning walk
along the edge of
the forest ... also
showed another pretty
little lady ...

Among the the tiniest
members of woodpecker
family ...
at barely 10 cm
( 4 inches )
in size ...
... called

Speckled Piculet ... female

Her prowess on the
wood has to be
seen to be
believed though ...

A relative rarity ...
... there is no
recording at
the BFTv ... but it
may be seen at the
following link :
Link :
https://www.hbw.com/ibc/video/speckled-piculet-picumnus-innominatus/speckled-piculet-female-drilling-morning
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Picumnus innominatus

Sat Tal Forest
Alt. 5500 ft.
Uttarakhand Himalayas
India
09.04.2019
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Habitat
Himalayan Hill slopes and forest, Alt. 5500 ft.
Location
Sat Tal, Uttarakhand Himalayas, India
Date taken
19.10.2018
Scientific name
Picumnus innominatus
KC Foggin
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Opus Editor
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A lovely closeup of this Speckled Piculet Alok and nicely captured guy!
 
B
wonderful closeup of this tiny woodpecker, Alok!!! great pose showing those lovely barrings, top marks, many tfs!!!
best wishes, JJ
 
delia todd
Staff member
Opus Editor
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They're cute wee woodies these, aren't they Alok.

You've a lovely picture of this guy my friend. Many thanks for showing him to us.
 

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