Ochraceous Piculet (Picumnus limae)
About the Ochraceous Piculet
The ochraceous piculet (Picumnus limae) is a species of bird in subfamily Picumninae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is endemic to north-eastern Brazil. The ochraceous piculet is monotypic according to the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society, the International Ornithological Committee, and the Clements taxonomy. However, BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) treats the darker, southern, population as a separate species, the tawny piculet (P. fulvescens). The other three taxonomic systems had earlier separated them but have concluded that the color differences used for the differentiation are along a cline and that any division is arbitrary. The distribution along the color cline generally follows Gloger's rule.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 31 recordings for this species: 23 CC BY-NC-SA · 8 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Brazil in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Lafresnaye's PiculetPicumnus lafresnayirecording
- Rufous-breasted PiculetPicumnus rufiventrisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.