- Picumnus nebulosus
Identification
10-11cm. A tiny woodpecker.
- Black forehead to nape with white spots, male with red spots on crown
- Warm olive-brown upperparts tinged buff or rusty on back and scapulars
- Dark brown to blackish upperwings
- White malar, chin and throat thinly barred black
- Rusty buffish-brown breast
- Pale buff belly with broad blackish streaks, spots or U-shaped bars
Juveniles duller with dull brown crown streaked pale buffish.
Distribution
South-east Brazil, extreme northeast Argentina and Uruguay.
Local and uncommon, very few recent records from Argentina.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Probably related to Ochraceous Piculet.
Habitat
Moist lowland forest with dense understorey. Often in bamboo.
Occurs from lowlands up to 1100m, locally higher.
Behaviour
Diet includes insect larvae. No other information.
Forages singly, also in mixed-species flocks. Often seen feeding at low levels in dead bamboo.
Breeding season from October to December. No other information about breeding.
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) Mottled Piculet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Mottled_Piculet
