Olivaceous piculet
Olivaceous piculet | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Picidae |
Genus: | Picumnus |
Species: | P. olivaceus
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Binomial name | |
Picumnus olivaceus Lafresnaye, 1845
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The olivaceous piculet (Picumnus olivaceus) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. Etymologically, piculet is as a double diminutive of the Latin picus, woodpecker,[2] see also Picus. In Greek, δρύοψ is woodpecker, which shares its roots with δρῦς, 'tree'; 'oak' and Druids.
Habitat[]
Found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela, its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.[1]
Description[]
Upper parts plain olive-brown, crown and nape spotted white on blackish, tail short, not sharp-tipped, black with a prominent yellow center stripe. Throat buff, underparts cream, lightly streaked with olive-brown. Male red-streaked forehead, female white-spotted forehead. Length 8.5 to 10 cm (3.3 to 3.9 in).[3]
Ecology[]
Forages in family or mixed-species groups, often in dense undergrowth, gleaning and probing into timber. The diet consists of both adults and larvae of ants, termites, beetles and other invertebrates. Nests in holes in trees.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2020). "Picumnus olivaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22680774A168642156. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22680774A168642156.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary
- ^ a b Gorman, Gerard (2014). Woodpeckers of the World: A Photographic Guide. Firefly Books. pp. 84–85. ISBN 978-1770853096.
Further reading[]
- Skutch, Alexander F. (1969). "Olivaceous piculet" (PDF). Life Histories of Central American Birds III: Families Cotingidae, Pipridae, Formicariidae, Furnariidae, Dendrocolaptidae, and Picidae. Pacific Coast Avifauna, Number 35. Berkeley, California: Cooper Ornithological Society. pp. 533–546.
External links[]
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Picumnus (bird)
- Birds of Honduras
- Birds of Nicaragua
- Birds of Costa Rica
- Birds of Panama
- Birds of Colombia
- Birds of Ecuador
- Birds described in 1845