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Arrowhead Piculet
Picumnus minutissimus (Pallas, 1782)
Picidae — Woodpeckers
Arrowhead Piculet, Picumnus minutissimus, is a woodpecker of the Guianas in South America, with breeding records from Suriname and possible occurrence in Guyana and French Guiana. It is a resident bird that lives in mangroves, secondary forest, plantations, gallery forest and montane forest. The species is a small piculet with a black-capped male showing a red forehead patch, while the female lacks the red. Juveniles are browner and less distinctly marked.
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae — Woodpeckers
- Breeding range
- South America: Guianas
