Lafresnaye‘s Piculet
Picumnus lafresnayi
(L 3.5" Wt 0.32 to 0.35 oz)
Tiny bird in dense humid forests of
Brazil, Columbia. Ecuador and Peru.
Old Zamora Road
18Feb2013
flash photo
Picumnus in Roman
mythology was a
god of fertility.
Picolets: any of numerous small wood-
peckers that form a distinct subfamily of
Picidae, have the tail feathers soft and
rounded, and are widely distributed in South
America, Africa, and the East Indies.
(Merriam-Webster Dictionary
© Daniel
Lane
Macaulay
Library
© Daniel
Lane
Macaulay
Library
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