Antillean Piculet - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by juancar dieguez
El Valle , Dominican Republic, 3 April 2018

Nesoctites micromegas

Identification

13-16 cm
Adult shows olive back, neck and wings, while breast, throat and belly is pale with streaks and spots. Head sports a yellow crown in which the slightly smaller male has a red spot in the centre.
Juveniles are similar to the adults but duller with a more barred underside. ^[1]

Distribution

Hispaniola where most common in the east.

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[2]

• N. m. micromegas:

• Hispaniola

• N. m. abbotti:

• Gonâve Island (off western Haiti)

Habitat

Occurs in all kind of forests including mangrove from sea-level to 1800 m. In some areas limited to the local pine. ^[1]

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects, particularly ants and beetles, and fruit.

Breeding

2-4 white eggs are laid in a nesting cavity which is normally excavated in a dead substrate. ^[1]

References

1. Raffaele et al. 1998. Birds of the West Indies. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0713649054
2. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Antillean Piculet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Antillean_Piculet

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