Mottled Piculet (Picumnus nebulosus)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sundevall, 1866

Habitat
Evergreen and mixed Araucaria forests with dense undergrowth (often in bamboo areas, despite not directly depending on this microhabitat), forest edge and gallery woodland. From sea-level - 1,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina (B), Brazil (B), Uruguay (B).

South-eastern Brazil (Paran� south to Rio Grande do Sul), marginally north-eastern Argentina (eastern Corrientes), and Uruguay (except western and south-west).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation through conversion to agriculture and deforestation for mining and plantations, is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (36)...)

Mottled Piculet (Picumnus nebulosus) [XC41957]
by Adrian Eisen Rupp from ADAMI, Parque Nacional das Arauc\u00e1rias, Ponte Serrada, Santa Catarina, Brazil (alarm call)

Mottled Piculet (Picumnus nebulosus) [XC48275]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Vila Campina da Alegria, Vargem Bonita - SC, Brazil (call)

Subspecies
Possibly related to Tawny Piculet (Picumnus fulvescens).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Mottled Piculet (Picumnus nebulosus) - 10 files

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