Plain-breasted Piculet (Picumnus castelnau)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
8 - 9.20 cm

First Described (Guide)
Malherbe, 1862

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, swamp forest. From sea-level - 950 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil (B), Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

South-eastern Colombia (south-eastern Amazonas) and southern in eastern Peru to Pucallpa, on R Ucayali; old specimens supposedly from eastern Ecuador considered to have originated from elsewhere.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

Plain-breasted Piculet (Picumnus) [XC102548]
by Dan Lane from Cumaceba lodge, Peru (song)

Plain-breasted Piculet (Picumnus castelnau) [XC144757]
by Dan Lane from Isla Islandia, Loreto, Peru (drumming)

Subspecies
Possibly close to Fine-barred Piculet (Picumnus subtilis), with which may occasionally hybridize.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Plain-breasted Piculet (Picumnus castelnau) - 10 files

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