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OCHRE-COLLARED PICULET Picumnus temminckii ATLANTIC FOREST
Hopping along a bamboo stem and rapping with a force that belies his tiny stature, the hummingbird-sized Ochre-collared Piculet is the smallest of the humid forest woodpeckers. In winter they are active members of mixed flocks, restlessly moving through the understorey, and betraying their presence with their thin trilling calls, but in summer they pair off to breed and are harder to find. The taxonomic status of this species has been the subject of much debate. In Brazil they apparently hybridise with the White-barred Piculet, but in Paraguay they have separate ranges and habitat requirements that prevent the two from meeting.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE2084PH) Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith February 2008).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE2085PH) Adult male ventral view, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu June 2008).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE2086PH) Adult male lateral view, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Clyde Morris November 2008).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE3678PH) Adult male ventral, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith October 2012).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE2087PH) Adult male, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith June 2005).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE2088PH) Upperwing same individual, (Paul Smith June 2005).
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE2089PH) Head detail same individual, (Regis Nossent June 2005).
FIGURE 8 - (FPAVE2090PH) Adult female, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2005).
FIGURE 9 - (FPAVE2091PH) Upperwing same individual, (Paul Smith September 2005).
FIGURE 10 - (FPAVE2092PH) Adult at nest entrance, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith September 2007).
VIDEO - (FPAVE2093VI) Adult hammering, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith March 2010).
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Picumnus temminckii
1 (FPAVE2094RE) Song  recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith November 2007).
2 (FPAVE2095RE) Drumming  recorded Ocampos, PN San Rafael, Departamento Itapúa (Myriam Velázquez October 2001).
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