Ochre-collared Piculet vs Speckled Piculet

Ochre-collared Piculet

Picumnus temminckii

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The ochre-collared piculet is 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long and weighs 10 to 12.5 g (0.35 to 0.44 oz). Adult males have a black cap with red tips on the forehead feathers and small white spots on the rest of the cap. Their face is mostly rich buff-brown with a white stripe behind the eye. Their hindneck has the cinnamon-buff collar that provides its English name. Their upperparts are brown, sometimes with very faint paler bars. Their flight feathers are dark brown with narrow buff edges. Voice: One ochre-collared piculet vocalization is a "igh-pitched whistle, 'tsirrrr, si-si-si...'." Another is "a dry, toneless trill 'trrrrrruh'."

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Photo: Daniel S. Katz · CC BY 4.0

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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