White-wedged Piculet

White-wedged PiculetThis small piculet has grey upperparts and evenly scalloped underparts. At a nest studied in southeastern Brazil, both adults fed the chicks.What does it look like?The upperparts are greyish and the underparts evenly scalloped. Both sexes have white spots on the black crown, but only the male has a ruby-red forehead.How does it live?This small piculet has grey upperparts and evenly scalloped underparts. At a nest studied in southeastern Brazil, both adults fed the chicks.At one studied nest in Rio Claro, southeastern Brazil, both adults fed nestlings in a cavity excavated in a fallen branch. Both removed faecal sacs, with the female doing this more often.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.