- Picumnus dorbygnianus
Identification
10cm (4 in). A pale-looking Piculet.
- Black top of head with white feather tips, male with broad red feather tips on crown
- Buffish-white lores and nasal tufts
- Buff-brown cheeks and ear-coverts streaked whitish, bordered above by short white stripe behind eye
- Buffy-white neck sides with darker streaking
- Pale grey-brown upperparts
- White underparts with darker feather edges giving scaly appearance, lower belly unmarked
Juveniles are duller and slightly darker than adults, diffusely barred above and below.
Distribution
South America: found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru.
Uncommon to locally common in its range.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Two subspecies recognized:
- P. d. jelskii in the Andes of eastern Peru
- P. d. dorbygnianus in central Bolivia and extreme northwest Argentina
Forms a superspecies with White-barred Piculet and Ochre-collared Piculet.
Habitat
Moist montanes with many epiphytes, tall bushes in transitional forest in Argentina.
Occurs between 900m - 2500m, 1100m - 2200m in Peru.
Behaviour
Diet
No information about diet.
Usually seen in pairs or singly. Often in mixed-species flocks.
Often hangs upside-down on twigs and branches like a nuthatch.
Breeding
No definite information about breeding. Breeds probably before December.
Movements
A resident species with some possible vertical movements.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- 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) Ocellated Piculet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Ocellated_Piculet