Antillean Piculet (Nesoctites micromegas)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
13 - 16 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sundevall, 1866)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, lowland dry shrubland, dry forest. From sea-level - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Dominican Republic (B), Haiti (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

Antillean Piculet (Nesoctites micromegas) [XC308671]
by Oscar Humberto Marin-Gomez from Distrito Municipal de Menc\u00eda, Pedernales, Pedernales, Dominican Republic (call, scold)

Antillean Piculet (Nesoctites micromegas) [XC214560]
by Albert Lastukhin & Max Lastukhin from Los Limones, Dominican Republic (song)

Subspecies
No obvious close relatives.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

micromegas (Sundevall, 1866) - Hispaniola.
abbotti Wetmore, 1928 - Gonave I, off western Hispaniola.

References
See References.

Files:

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