- Picumnus pumilus
Identification
9cm. A tiny woodpecker.
- Dark brown cap with light spots
- Pale buff lores
- Blackish ear-coverts with variable white spots
- White line behind eye
- Brownish-green upperparts
- Pale yellowish to buff-white underparts dark brown barred
- Male with yellowish forecrown
Juveniles are greener above and less prominently marked.
Similar species
Lafresnaye's Piculet is slightly bigger, has reddish forehead streaks, lighter and barred upperparts and lighter ear-coverts.
Distribution
South America: found in eastern Colombia, adjacent southern Venezuela (southern Amazonas) and north-western Brazil.
Poorly known restricted-range species.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Forms a superspecies with Lafresnaye's Piculet.
Habitat
Humid forest. Occurs from lowlands up to 300m, locally up to 500m.
Behaviour
No information on diet. Feeds presumably on ants and small insects.
Forages from lower level up to the canopy.
No information about breeding.
Probably 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
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Orinoco Piculet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Orinoco_Piculet
