Birds of Costa Rica

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Genus: Picumnus (1 species, 25 worldwide)

Piculets (genus Picumnus) are small sparrow-sized woodpeckers. Males generally have red or yellow spots on the head.



Olivaceous Piculet
Olivaceous Piculet (Picumnus olivaceus) Male
Manantiales del Campo, Antioquia, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Note streaking in front.
A greyish individual, but streaking on front and range indicates Olivaceous and not Greyish.
Female with a mouth full of maggots.

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