Olivaceous Piculet vs White-barred Piculet

Olivaceous Piculet

Picumnus olivaceus

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The olivaceous piculet is 8.5 to 10 cm (3.3 to 3.9 in) long and weighs 10 to 15 g (0.35 to 0.53 oz). Adult males of the nominate subspecies P. o. olivaceus have a black crown and nape with red tips on the feathers of the front and top and white spots on the rest. Their face is mostly brown with white feather tips. Their upperparts are olive-brown with a yellow tinge. Their flight feathers are dark brown with yellow to yellow-green edges. Their tail is brown; the innermost pair of feathers have pale buff or yellowish inner webs and the outer two pairs a pale buff or yellowish stripe. Voice: The olivaceous piculet's voice is "a high thin chippering trill, often descending in pitch." It also makes a "sharp sibilant 'sst, ssip-ssip' or 'peep'."

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White-barred Piculet

Picumnus cirratus

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The white-barred piculet is about 10 cm (3.9 in) long and weighs 6.3 to 12 g (0.22 to 0.42 oz). Adult males of the nominate subspecies P. c. cirratus have a black cap with a red patch on the forehead and white spots on the rest of it. Their face is mostly dark buff-brown with faint blackish bars and a white stripe behind the eye. Their upperparts are dull brownish, sometimes with faint darker bars. Their flight feathers are dark brown with buffish white edges on the secondaries and tertials.

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