Sunday, 9 September 2012

WOODPECKER (1/24) - Rufous Piculet (1/2)

Rufous Piculet

There are 3 species of Piculet in SEA. The Speckled is the other found in Peninsula Malaysia whilst the White-browed which have same resemblance of RP except for the white brow which is found in northern part of SEA.

Piculet are miniature Woodpecker the size of flower peckers - 4 inches or 10cm. The Rufous Piculet likes bamboo and broadleaved forest upto 1500m or so. It peck on twiggy dead branches in the undergrowth for grub mostly ants, termites etc

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