Alternative name: Natterer's Piculet
- Picumnus fuscus
Identification
10cm. A distinctive piculet.
- Blackish top of head, male with feathers of hindcrown broadly tipped reddish-orange
- Buffish-brown rest of head
- Rusty-buff hindneck and neck side
- Brown to brownish-green upperparts
- Pale buffish underparts with some faint barring
Juveniles undescribed.
Distribution
Found in northeast Bolivia and west-central Brazil.
Has a very small range but seems to be not uncommon.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Found in varzea forest (lowland riverine forest).
Behaviour
No information about diet and breeding.
Presumably 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) Rusty-necked Piculet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rusty-necked_Piculet
