White-bellied Piculet (Picumnus spilogaster) | Photos and ID

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White-bellied Piculet (Picumnus spilogaster), photo 2 — Photo: (c) scaup, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

White-bellied Piculet (Picumnus spilogaster), photo 3 — Photo: (c) scaup, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

White-bellied Piculet (Picumnus spilogaster), photo 4 — Photo: (c) scaup, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

White-bellied Piculet (Picumnus spilogaster), photo 5 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

White-bellied Piculet (Picumnus spilogaster), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Josh van der Meulen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

White-bellied Piculet (Picumnus spilogaster), photo 7 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

White-bellied Piculet (Picumnus spilogaster), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Paul Prior, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

White-bellied Piculet (Picumnus spilogaster), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Paul Prior, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

White-bellied Piculet (Picumnus spilogaster), photo 10 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The 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). Adult males of the nominate subspecies P. s. spilogaster have a black cap with a red patch on the forehead and white spots on the rest of it. Their face is mostly dark brown with white tips on some feathers. Their upperparts are olive brown with diffuse pale grayish barring. Their flight feathers are brown with light buff edges, especially on the secondaries and tertials. Voice: The white-bellied piculet's vocalization is a very high to extremely high "descending, shivering, slow trill."

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When to see the White-bellied Piculet

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the White-bellied Piculet

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 3 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Guyana Brazil Venezuela

Recorded as a rare visitor in Colombia, French Guiana.

About the White-bellied Piculet

The white-bellied piculet is a Vulnerable species of bird in subfamily Picumninae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela.

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Easily confused with

Speckle-chested PiculetPicumnus steindachneriThe speckle-chested piculet is 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long and weighs about 10 g (0.35 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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