Order
Piciformes
Family
Picidae
Genus
Picumnus
 
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Version 1.0

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SPECIES

Fine-barred Piculet Picumnus subtilis

Thomas S. Schulenberg and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published May 4, 2012

Behavior

Introduction

Very poorly known. Foraging behavior similar to that of other species of Picumnus, foraging for insects along slender branches and vines in the midstory and canopy. Unlike larger woodpeckers, piculets do not use the tail as a brace against the substrate.

Territoriality

Sexual Behavior

Social and interspecific behavior

Usually encountered as singles or pairs in association with mixed species flocks (Schulenberg et al. 2007).

Predation

Recommended Citation

Schulenberg, T. S. and G. M. Kirwan (2012). Fine-barred Piculet (Picumnus subtilis), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.fibpic1.01