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upperparts vary from grayish to brownish with a whitish nape. Their underparts vary from whitish yellow to rusty brown, sometimes with paler streaks. Both the upper- and underparts' colors form a cline, with the lightest members in the north and darkest in the south. Their tail is blackish; the innermost pair of feathers have mostly white inner webs and the outer two pairs have a white patch near the end. Their iris is brown, the bill gray with a blackish tip, and the legs gray. Juveniles are similar to adults other than having a brown crown with white streaks on the side.
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The ochraceous piculet's breeding season apparently spans from
November to August. Both sexes excavate a nest hole, which can be in the trunk of a tree or sometimes a fence post, and typically between 1 and 4 m (3 and 13 ft) above the ground. The clutch size varies from one to four eggs and
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Vulnerable but since 2010 as being of Least Concern. Though its population size is not known it is believed to be stable. Its habitat has been significantly reduced by clearing for agriculture, grazing, and human expansion, but the species "appears to be able to persist in degraded and even urban
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The ochraceous piculet is about 10 cm (3.9 in) long and weighs 8 to 12 g (0.28 to 0.42 oz). Adult males have a black cap with red tips on the forehead feathers and small white spots on the rest of the cap. Adult females are identical but for no red on the forehead. The species'
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Threatened after being rated as Vulnerable between 1994 and 2004. Its population, of unknown size, is believed to be declining due to "massive deforestation" by logging and conversion to sugarcane plantations and grazing land. The species occurs in several
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The ochraceous piculet's vocalizations vary little if at all among populations. Its song is generally a "series of high-pitched, fast trills starting with longer, higher frequency phrases and ending with shorter, lower frequency phrases." That of the northern population has been described as
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Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 July 2022. A classification of the bird species of South
America. American Ornithological Society.
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both sexes incubate them and provision the nestlings. The incubation period and time to fledging are not known.
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1046:IUCN Red List near threatened species
719:Stager, 1961 (Piciformes: Picidae)".
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748:A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil
1041:IUCN Red List least concern species
581:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
532:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
313:Handbook of the Birds of the World
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296:American Ornithological Society
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40:A male ochraceous piculet at
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290:The ochraceous piculet is
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270:of the woodpecker family
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286:Taxonomy and systematics
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1061:Endemic birds of Brazil
746:van Perlo, Ber (2009).
650:retrieved July 24, 2022
496:habitats". The "tawny"
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308:BirdLife International
1056:Birds of the Caatinga
16:Species of woodpecker
715:Snethlage, 1924 and
523:"Ochraceous Piculet
625:IOC World Bird List
574:Picumnus fulvescens
58:Conservation status
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259:) is a species of
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335:Description
306:. However,
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1013:Xeno-canto
631:January 9,
601:13 January
552:13 January
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498:fulvescens
489:fulvescens
302:, and the
268:Picumninae
167:Piciformes
352:south to
292:monotypic
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195:Species:
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627:. v 12.2
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381:Movement
376:Behavior
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276:endemic
272:Picidae
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177:Picidae
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228:, 1924
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493:limae
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350:Ceará
322:cline
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961:IUCN
948:ITIS
909:GBIF
752:ISBN
633:2023
603:2023
586:2016
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537:2018
481:IUCN
479:The
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