Speckled piculet or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. In India, it is found in the Himalayan foothills, up to an altitude of about 2500m. It can be found in bamboo jungles. They usually move about in pairs, on thin branches, and sometimes hang from the branch, upside-down. Their behavior is quite similar to that of woodpeckers. The speckled piculet usually lives on a diet of ants and termites. Speckled piculet The speckled piculet ("Picumnus innominatus") is a species of bird in the family Picidae. The male and female birds look alike. They have olive-green backs, with
White-barred piculet and heavily degraded former forest. The white-barred piculet was first described in 1825 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck. It was given the name "Picumnus cirratus", the specific name meaning "curly headed", "cirrus" being Latin for a ringlet or curl. Molecular studies show that it is the sister species to "P. temminckii" and also closely related to "P. dorbignyanus", and at different times these species have been treated as synonymous. Six subspecies are recognised; "P. c. confusus" found in southwestern Guyana, northern Brazil and French Guiana; the Marajo piculet, "P. c. macconnelli" found in the eastern Amazon region of