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Revision as of 02:17, 20 June 2019
- Picumnus sclateri
Identification
8-9cm. A tiny woodpecker.
- Black forehead to neck tipped white (male with feathers of forecrown tipped yellow)
- White lores, short white line behind eye
- Dark ear-coverts streaked white
- Dark brownish upperparts with darker barring
- Whitish underparts, chin and throat barred blackish, breast more broadly barred, flanks and belly broadly streaked blackish
- parvistriatus is much paler and has only narrow bars and streaks on underparts
Juveniles are duller and have off-white streaks on forehead and crown
Distribution
Ecuador and northwestern Peru.
Uncommon restricted-range species.
Taxonomy
3 subspecies recognized:
- P. s. porcullae in northwest Peru
- P. s. sclateri in southwest Ecuador and extreme northwest Peru
- P. s. parvistriatus in western Ecuador
Habitat
Dry forest and arid areas with cacti and scrub. Also in lower montane forest in southwest Ecuador.
Occurs from lowlands up to 1400m, locally higher.
Behaviour
No information on diet, feeds probably on insects.
Forages at lower levers and near ground. Sometimes will sit across a thin branch and turn head sideways to hammer at the same branch outside the area between the feet.
Breeding season from June to September in Peru, from July to September in Ecuador.
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
- Birdforum member personal observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Ecuadorian Piculet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 18 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Ecuadorian_Piculet
