Antillean Piculet

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Antillean Piculet
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Nesoctites
Hargitt, 1890
Species: N. micromegas
Binomial name
Nesoctites micromegas
(Sundevall, 1866)

The Antillean Piculet (Nesoctites micromegas) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Nesoctites.

It is found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

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