Family Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Near Threatened
Tawny Piculet (Picumnus fulvescens)
Taxonomy
Descriptive notes
10 cm. Male has top of head black, crown feathers broadly tipped red and forming almost solid patch, rest spotted white; white or buffish-white lores, nasal tufts and upper... read more
Voice
Call a descending series of “driée driée driée...”.
Habitat
Inhabits deciduous, semi-deciduous and secondary stands in the Atlantic forest; also found in... read more
Food and feeding
No information.
Breeding
Virtually no information. Female recorded visiting nest in Aug, and male carrying food to nest in May.
Movements
Presumably resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Presently classified as Near Threatened. Restricted-range species: present in North-east Brazilian Caatinga EBA and Atlantic slope of Alagoas... read more
Probably related to P. limae, and sometimes even regarded as conspecific, but may perhaps be closer to P. nebulosus. Form saturatus, described from Paraíba and previously listed as race of P. limae, now considered a junior synonym of fulvescens (which has priority by merely one day). Monotypic.