- Picumnus temminckii
Identification
9cm. A tiny woodpecker.
- Underparts barred black on white
- Broad cinnamon-ochre half collar round the back of the neck
- Black head with red spots on the forehead of the male and white spots elsewhere
- Female without red spots
Juveniles are darker, duller and heavier but more diffuse barred.
Distribution
Found in eastern Paraguay, northeast Argentina and southeast Brazil.
Locally common.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
It forms a superspecies with Ocellated Piculet and White-barred Piculet and is sometimes treated as conspecific with the latter.
Habitat
Tall scrub in humid forest and forest edge.
Behaviour
Diet little known but includes ants and insect larvae.
Forages low on slender stalks and thin, hollow branches.
Breeding season presumably from October to March. 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) Ochre-collared Piculet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Ochre-collared_Piculet
