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Greyish Piculet vs Speckled Piculet

Greyish Piculet (Picumnus granadensis)

Greyish Piculet

Picumnus granadensis

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The greyish piculet is 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long and weighs 12 to 13 g (0.42 to 0.46 oz). Adult males of the nominate subspecies have a black crown and nape with small yellow tips on the feathers of the front and top and white spots on the rest. Their ear coverts are chestnut brown with a few white streaks, their cheeks off-white with blackish feather tips, and the sides of their neck gray-brown with white spots or streaks. Their hindneck and upperparts are grayish brown, often with an olive tinge. Their flight feathers are dark brown with yellowish green edges. Voice: The greyish piculet "alls infrequently, a high-pitched weak trill on one pitch."

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Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0
Speckled Piculet (Picumnus innominatus)

Speckled Piculet

Picumnus innominatus

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The male and female birds look alike. They have olive-green backs, with two white stripes on the side of their heads. The male bird has orange and brown on the forecrown. They have a creamy-white coloring below, with black spots. There is a dark green band near the eyes.

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Photo: Photographed by myself. Denoised using the Apache-2.0-licensed network SCUnet. · CC BY 4.0

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