Tawny piculet Tawny piculet The tawny piculet ("Picumnus fulvescens") is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is endemic to eastern Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and dry savanna. It is threatened by habitat loss. The tawny piculet is a small species with a length of about . The upper parts are a plain, slightly buffy brown. The male has a black crown streaked with scarlet at the front and centre, sometimes forming a patch. The female lacks any red on the head and has a black crown spotted
White-browed piculet a ring of bare pinkish or reddish skin. Males have a small golden-yellow patch on the forehead which females lack. Juveniles are duller in colour than adults, greener above and greyer beneath. The beak is grey, the iris is red and the legs are yellow or orange, the feet having just three toes, (four being the norm in the woodpecker family). In southern Myanmar and southeastern Thailand, where their ranges overlap, the white-browed piculet can be confused with the very similar rufous piculet ("Sasia abnormis"), but differs in the white streak above the eye and the darker beak. The white-browed