The ochraceous piculet (''Picumnus limae'') is a species of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...

in the family Picidae. It is

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to eastern

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. Its natural

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is subtropical or tropical dry

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s. It is threatened by

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. The species itself is big in numbers so they are classified as a least concern species. Which means that they are a species that do not qualify for protection due to the fact that they aren't a threatened or endangered species. But as of recently they could fall under the endangered category due to massive habitat loss caused by deforestation. They tend to have a grayish top with a whitish buff below. Males have red tops, that is how to distinguish between male and female. All have pointed beaks in order to make indentations in wood. What is so different about this species is that when mating and distributing its eggs, they dig cavities in dead tree trunks and branches and other types of trees. Then the male and female both participate in construction of the nest for incubation of up to as much as four eggs and then feed and take care of the offspring afterwards.

References

Cockle, K. L. (2015). (PDF) white-barred piculet (picumnus cirratus) nestlings ... Researchgate.net. Retrieved October 30, 2021, from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343137769_White-barred_Piculet_Picumnus_cirratus_nestlings_killed_by_White-fronted_Woodpecker_Melanerpes_cactorum_in_dry_Chaco_woodlands_of_Argentina.

Da Silva, M. (2012). Reproduction of the Ochraceous piculet in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Web of science. Retrieved October 30, 2021, from https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000209469300011.

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