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The scaled piculet is 8 to 9.2 cm (3.1 to 3.6 in) long and weighs 7 to 12 g (0.25 to 0.42 oz). Adult males of the nominate subspecies P. s. squamulatus have a black cap with red feather tips on the forehead and white ones on the rest of it. Their face is mostly brown with black tips on some feathers and a whitish line behind the eye. Their upperparts are olive brown with a scaly appearance due to narrow black borders on the feathers. Their flight feathers are brown with yellowish edges on the secondaries and tertials.
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When to see the Scaled Piculet
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Scaled Piculet
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Scaled Piculet
The scaled piculet is a species of bird in subfamily Picumninae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.
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Easily confused with
White-wedged PiculetPicumnus albosquamatusThe white-wedged piculet is 10 to 11 cm (3.9 to 4.3 in) long and weighs 9 to 11 g (0.32 to 0.39 oz).
Speckled PiculetPicumnus innominatusThe male and female birds look alike.
Greyish PiculetPicumnus granadensisThe 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).
Side by side: Ochre-collared Piculet vs Scaled Piculet · Scaled Piculet vs Speckled Piculet · Scaled Piculet vs White-wedged Piculet · Greyish Piculet vs Scaled Piculet
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