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[[File:Plain-breasted_Piculet_First-Image_THBD.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Thibaud|Thibaud Aronson}}<br />Puerto Narino, Amazonas, [[Colombia]], 12 November 2022]]
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;[[:Category:Picumnus|Picumnus]] castelnau
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
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8-9cm. A tiny woodpecker.
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* Black top of head, male with broad red feather tips on central crown
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* Finely whitish vermiculated lower nape
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* Buffish-white lores and nasal tufts
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* Brown ear-coverts vermiculated grey and whitish
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* Barred or vermiculated buff-grey hindneck and neck sides
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* Dark greyish-olive upperparts
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* White underparts lightly washed yellowish
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Juvenile similar to female but duller with stronger hint of barring above and faint barring below.
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====Similar species====
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Redder crown tips, no white nape spots and paler unbarred underparts compared to [[Fine-barred Piculet]].
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Brazil]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], and [[Peru]].
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From southeast [[Colombia]] to eastern [[Peru]]. An old record from [[Ecuador]] probably not valid.<br />
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Rare to uncommon in its range but probably overlooked.
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species.<br />
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May occasionally hybridize with [[Fine-barred Piculet]].
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
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Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, particularly swamp-forest and varzea forest.<br />
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Occurs from lowlands up to 900m.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
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Diet not recorded.<br />
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Forages solitary and in pairs, sometimes in mixed-species flocks.<br />
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Breeding season probably from May to July. No other information.<br />
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Presumably a resident species.
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==References==
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
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Latest revision as of 12:33, 16 July 2024

Photo © by Thibaud Aronson
Puerto Narino, Amazonas, Colombia, 12 November 2022
Picumnus castelnau

Identification

8-9cm. A tiny woodpecker.

  • Black top of head, male with broad red feather tips on central crown
  • Finely whitish vermiculated lower nape
  • Buffish-white lores and nasal tufts
  • Brown ear-coverts vermiculated grey and whitish
  • Barred or vermiculated buff-grey hindneck and neck sides
  • Dark greyish-olive upperparts
  • White underparts lightly washed yellowish

Juvenile similar to female but duller with stronger hint of barring above and faint barring below.

Similar species

Redder crown tips, no white nape spots and paler unbarred underparts compared to Fine-barred Piculet.

Distribution

From southeast Colombia to eastern Peru. An old record from Ecuador probably not valid.
Rare to uncommon in its range but probably overlooked.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
May occasionally hybridize with Fine-barred Piculet.

Habitat

Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, particularly swamp-forest and varzea forest.
Occurs from lowlands up to 900m.

Behaviour

Diet not recorded.
Forages solitary and in pairs, sometimes in mixed-species flocks.
Breeding season probably from May to July. No other information.
Presumably a resident species.

References

  1. 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
  2. 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

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