Bar-breasted piculet

The bar-breasted piculet (Picumnus aurifrons) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.

Bar-breasted piculet
A male bar-breasted piculet at Careiro da Várzea, Amazonas state, Brazil

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Picumnus
Species:
P. aurifrons
Binomial name
Picumnus aurifrons
Pelzeln, 1870

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and sometimes in heavily degraded former forest. The bar-breasted piculet is generally found in humid forests, including terra firme and várzea, and are generally seen within such areas in the edges, second growth, and clearings.[2]

This species is of note as the smallest extant species in the highly diverse woodpecker family. A typical adult will measure only 7.5 cm (3.0 in) in length and will weigh 8 to 10 g (0.28 to 0.35 oz). Among standard measurements, the wing chord is 4.4 to 5.3 cm (1.7 to 2.1 in), the tail is 2.3 to 2.6 cm (0.91 to 1.02 in), the bill is 0.9 to 1.2 cm (0.35 to 0.47 in) and the tarsus is 1.1 to 1.2 cm (0.43 to 0.47 in).[3] These yellowish green piculets have horizontal barring on the chest and vertical streaking on the belly. Several different subspecies exist throughout their large range. Unfortunately, very little is known about their life history and basic ecology.[2]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Picumnus aurifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "Bar-breasted Piculet - Introduction | Neotropical Birds Online". neotropical.birds.cornell.edu.
  3. Woodpeckers: An Identification Guide to the Woodpeckers of the World by Hans Winkler, David A. Christie & David Nurney. Houghton Mifflin (1995), ISBN 978-0395720431


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