Ochraceous Piculet Picumnus limae Brazilian name: Pica-pau-anão-da-caatinga
	Serra de Baturité, Ceará, Brazil October 2008 The Ochraceous Piculet is distributed in the north-east of Brazil. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. Birds with paler underparts are found in Ceara while birds with more tawny underparts are found further south. These southern birds are regarded by some authorities as a sub-species P. l. fulvescens and have, in the past, been treated as a full species - Tawny Piculet.
	It is found in caatinga and semi-deciduous forest. The male with his red forecrown is shown in photos 1 and 2 while the female is seen in photo 3.
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