Olivaceous Piculet

Olivaceous Piculet
Olivaceous Piculet
P. olivaceus
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Picumnus
Species: P. olivaceus
Binomial name
Picumnus olivaceus
Lafresnaye, 1845

The Olivaceous Piculet (Picumnus olivaceus or simply, P. olivaceus) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. Etymologically, piculet is as a double diminutive of the Latin picus 'woodpecker'[1], see also Picus. In Greek, δρύοψ is woodpecker, which shares its roots with δρῦς, 'tree'; 'oak' and Druids.

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Habitat

Found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela, its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

Description

Brownish, crown and nape spotted white on blackish, tail short, not sharp-tipped, black with a prominent yellow center stripe, male red-streaked forehead, female white-spotted forehead

References

  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary

External References

olivaceous definitions, expressions, translations, and inflections Webster's Online


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