Fine-barred Piculet

Fine-barred PiculetThis small woodpecker is recorded in southeastern Peru and western Amazonia. A 2009 paper reported records in Acre, Brazil, and described foraging at the edge of terra firme forest with bamboo.What does it look like?The male has orange rather than red spots on the forehead and crown, with fine barring across the upperparts and underparts.How does it live?This small woodpecker is recorded in southeastern Peru and western Amazonia. A 2009 paper reported records in Acre, Brazil, and described foraging at the edge of terra firme forest with bamboo.The paper records a bird foraging at the edge of terra firme forest where bamboo grew. It does not establish the species as dependent on bamboo forest alone.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.