Birds of Ecuador - Picumnus


Lafresnaye's Piculet (Picumnus lafresnayi lafresnayi) Male Reserva Natural Escondite, Putumayo, Colombia Female similar but without red on head.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Olivaceous Piculet (Picumnus olivaceus) Male Manantiales del Campo, Antioquia, Colombia
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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.


Rufous-breasted Piculet (Picumnus rufiventris grandis) Female Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
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Ecuadorian Piculet (Picumnus sclateri sclateri) Ecuador Note horizontal barring above and vertical below, and unspotted back.
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis © All Rights Reserved.


Ecuadorian Piculet (Picumnus sclateri porcullae) Male Limón de Porcuya, Piura, Peru
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.

Found in the dry transition zone from Chocó rainforst to Peruvian coastal desert.

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