Rusty-necked piculet

Rusty-necked piculet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Picumnus
Species: P. fuscus
Binomial name
Picumnus fuscus
Pelzeln, 1870

The rusty-necked piculet (Picumnus fuscus) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found on the Rondônia-Bolivian border. Both males and females are buffy cinnamon, with black crowns. Males have orange streaking on their crowns.[2]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps/flooded forest. Its greatest threat is habitat loss.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2013). "Picumnus fuscus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. "Picumnus fuscus." Neotropical Birds database, Cornell Lab of Orthinology. Accessed 2 April 2013. Web. http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=306456


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