Olivaceous piculet
| Olivaceous piculet | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Picumnus |
| Species: | P. olivaceus |
| Binomial name | |
| Picumnus olivaceus Lafresnaye, 1845 | |
The olivaceous piculet (Picumnus olivaceus) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. Etymologically, piculet is as a double diminutive of the Latin picus 'woodpecker',[2] see also Picus. In Greek, δρύοψ is woodpecker, which shares its roots with δρῦς, 'tree'; 'oak' and Druids.
Habitat
Found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela, its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
Description
Brownish, crown and nape spotted white on blackish, tail short, not sharp-tipped, black with a prominent yellow center stripe, male red-streaked forehead, female white-spotted forehead
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Picumnus olivaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Oxford English Dictionary
External References
olivaceous definitions, expressions, translations, and inflections Webster's Online