Rufous-breasted Piculet (Picumnus rufiventris)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
9 - 11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bonaparte, 1838)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

Rufous-breasted Piculet (Picumnus rufiventris) [XC264518]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Napo: Inchillaqui road WSW of Archidona, Ecuador (drums, pair)

Rufous-breasted Piculet (Picumnus rufiventris) [XC536351]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Purus River, Boca do Acre, State of Amazonas, Brazil (drumming, song)

Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

rufiventris (Bonaparte, 1838) - Eastern slope of Andes from central and southern Colombia (northern Meta south to south-eastern Nari�o, Putumayo and Amazonas) to eastern Ecuador, north-eastern Peru and western Amazonian Brazil.
grandis Carriker, 1930 - Central-eastern Peru (west to Hu�nuco and Jun��n) and neighbouring south-western Amazonian Brazil.
brunneifrons Stager, 1968 - North-western and central Bolivia (Pando, Beni, Cochabamba).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rufous-breasted Piculet (Picumnus rufiventris) - 10 files

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