How do you identify a Scaled Piculet?

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). Full identification notes are on this page.

How big is a Scaled Piculet?

The Scaled Piculet is a tiny sized bird weighing about 10 g.

Where can you see a Scaled Piculet?

The Scaled Piculet occurs in 2 countries, including Colombia and Venezuela.

What birds look similar to a Scaled Piculet?

The Scaled Piculet is most easily confused with the White-wedged Piculet, the Speckled Piculet and the Greyish Piculet.

Scaled Piculet

Picumnus squamulatus

Woodpeckers · Piciformes · Uncommon

The Scaled Piculet (Picumnus squamulatus) is a uncommon woodpecker found in 2 countries, weighing about 10 g. The scaled piculet is a species of bird in subfamily Picumninae of the woodpecker family Picidae.

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Scaled Piculet (Picumnus squamulatus), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Nicolas Olejnik, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Nicolas Olejnik · cc-by

Scaled Piculet (Picumnus squamulatus), photo 2 — Photo: Hugo Bernal Hernández · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Scaled Piculet (Picumnus squamulatus), photo 3 — Photo: Hugo Bernal Hernández · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Scaled Piculet (Picumnus squamulatus), photo 4 — Photo: Julien Renoult · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Scaled Piculet (Picumnus squamulatus), photo 5 — Photo: scaup · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Scaled Piculet (Picumnus squamulatus), photo 6 — Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Scaled Piculet (Picumnus squamulatus), photo 7 — Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Scaled Piculet (Picumnus squamulatus), photo 8 — Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Scaled Piculet (Picumnus squamulatus), photo 9 — Photo: Dan Vickers · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Scaled Piculet (Picumnus squamulatus), photo 10 — Photo: Dan Vickers · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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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How to identify it

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.

Where it lives

Colombia Venezuela

When to see it

The Scaled Piculet can be seen all year round, with peak activity in May. It is a resident species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

How do you identify a Scaled Piculet?: 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). Full identification notes are on this page.
How big is a Scaled Piculet?: The Scaled Piculet is a tiny sized bird weighing about 10 g.
Where can you see a Scaled Piculet?: The Scaled Piculet occurs in 2 countries, including Colombia and Venezuela.
What birds look similar to a Scaled Piculet?: The Scaled Piculet is most easily confused with the White-wedged Piculet, the Speckled Piculet and the Greyish Piculet.

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