Order: Piciformes | Family: Picidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Eastern Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Eastern Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Eastern Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Eastern Colombia
Identification & Behavior: ~9.5 cm (3.7 in) The Olivaceous Piculet is yellow-olive with dusky streaks in the belly and flanks. Males and females have black heads with white spots, but only males have golden forehead. It overlaps with the Ecuadorian Piculet but is distinguished by yellowish-olive coloration and faint dusky long streaks in the belly and flanks. Ecuadorian Piculets favor drier habitats in the semi-deciduous forest of extreme northwest Peru.
Status: The Olivaceous Piculet is uncommon in more humid habitats of the Tumbezian semi-deciduous forest of extreme northwest Peru. It also occurs in Ec and Co.
Name in Spanish: Carpinterito Oliváceo.
Sub-species: Olivaceous Piculet (Picumnus olivaceus harterti), Hellmayr 1909.
Meaning of Name: Picumnus: Fr. Picumne, Piculet= little woodpecker. olivaceus: L. Somewhat olive.
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 01/01/2015.