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The speckle-chested piculet is 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long and weighs about 10 g (0.35 oz). Adult males have a black cap with a red patch on the forehead and white spots on the rest of it. Their upperparts are grayish brown whose feathers have pale gray edges and dark marks near the end that give a scalloped appearance. Their rump is paler. Their flight feathers are brown with pale gray or off-white edges on the secondaries and tertials. Their tail is blackish; the innermost pair of feathers have mostly white inner webs and the outer two pairs have a white patch near the end.
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When to see the Speckle-chested Piculet
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Speckle-chested Piculet
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Speckle-chested Piculet
The speckle-chested piculet is a species of bird in subfamily Picumninae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is endemic to Peru.
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Easily confused with
White-bellied PiculetPicumnus spilogasterThe white-bellied 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).
Rufous-breasted PiculetPicumnus rufiventrisThe rufous-breasted piculet is 9 to 11 cm (3.5 to 4.3 in) long and weighs 12 to 21 g (0.42 to 0.74 oz).
Plain-breasted PiculetPicumnus castelnauThe plain-breasted piculet is 8 to 10 cm (3.1 to 3.9 in) long and weighs about 11 to 12 g (0.39 to 0.42 oz).
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