Birds of Peru

    PICIFORMES: Picidae (Woodpeckers)  
Genus: Picumnus (9 species, 25 worldwide)

Piculets (genus Picumnus) are small sparrow-sized woodpeckers. Males generally have red or yellow spots on the head.


Bar-breasted Piculet
Bar-breasted Piculet (Picumnus aurifrons)
Sao Jose Do Rio Claro, Mato Grosso, Brazil
  Note horizontal barring on chest, and vertical streaking below.
   
Photograph by Dave Curtis     Copyright and usage info



Plain-breasted Piculet
Plain-breasted Piculet (Picumnus castelnau) Immature
Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Male

Ocellated Piculet
Ocellated Piculet (Picumnus dorbignyanus jelskii) Female
Oxapampa, Peru  
   
Photograph by Gareth Knass   © All Rights Reserved.


Lafresnaye's Piculet
Lafresnaye's Piculet (Picumnus lafresnayi lafresnayi) Male
Reserva Natural Escondite, Putumayo, Colombia
  Female similar but without red on head.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



Olivaceous Piculet
Olivaceous Piculet (Picumnus olivaceus) Male
Manantiales del Campo, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note streaking in front.
A greyish individual, but streaking on front and range indicates Olivaceous and not Greyish.
Female with a mouth full of maggots.

Rufous-breasted Piculet
Rufous-breasted Piculet (Picumnus rufiventris grandis) Female
Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info


Ecuadorian Piculet
Ecuadorian Piculet (Picumnus sclateri sclateri)
Ecuador
  Note horizontal barring above and vertical below, and unspotted back.
   
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis   © All Rights Reserved.

Ecuadorian Piculet
Ecuadorian Piculet (Picumnus sclateri porcullae) Male
Limón de Porcuya, Piura, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in the dry transition zone from Chocó rainforst to Peruvian coastal desert.

Speckle-chested Piculet
Speckle-chested Piculet (Picumnus steindachneri) Endangered ENDEMIC
Peru  
   
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud   © All Rights Reserved.


Fine-barred Piculet
Fine-barred Piculet (Picumnus subtilis) ENDEMIC
Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Anselmo d'Affonseca   © All Rights Reserved.



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