Olivaceous Piculet

Picumnus olivaceus Lafresnaye, 1845

Olivaceous Piculet, Picumnus olivaceus, is a woodpecker of Middle and South America, breeding from Guatemala to north-west Peru. It was described by Lafresnaye in 1845. It is a small piculet with a black crown and nape in adult males, white spotting across the crown, and olive-brown upperparts with a yellowish cast. Females lack the red on the crown, while young birds are duller and browner. It lives in forest edges, open woodland, secondary growth, plantations and gardens, and is usually found in lowland areas, though it occurs higher in parts of its range.

Order

Piciformes

Family

Picidae — Woodpeckers

Breeding range

Middle America, South America: Guatemala to nw Peru