Wildlifeof Vietnam
White-browed Piculet
Barbets & Woodpeckers
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Sasia ochracea
Rare visitor: recorded only occasionally in this country
Basic stats
Diet
Small insects, bark beetles, ants, termites, spiders and other small invertebrates
Habitat
Understory of temperate and subtropical montane forest, up to 2,600m; nests of bamboo pieces
Range
Northern India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh through southern China to Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand
Size
Up to 10cm
The white-browed piculet is a small piculet up to 10cm long, with olive-green upperparts tinged with chestnut, cinnamon or rufous underparts and a stubby blackish tail. The crown is green with a white streak above and behind the eye, ringed by bare pinkish or reddish skin. Males have a small golden-yellow patch on the forehead that females lack (Wikipedia, general species account).
Its range extends from northern India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh through southern China to Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand, at altitudes up to 2,600m. It forages in the understory not far above the ground, pecking and probing for small insects, bark beetles, ants, termites and spiders, often in pairs or mixed flocks. It uses pieces of bamboo to make its nest, breeding between March and July.
Quick answers
- What does the White-browed Piculet eat?
- Small insects, bark beetles, ants, termites, spiders and other small invertebrates
- What habitat does the White-browed Piculet live in?
- Understory of temperate and subtropical montane forest, up to 2,600m; nests of bamboo pieces
- Where is the White-browed Piculet found?
- Northern India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh through southern China to Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand
- How big is the White-browed Piculet?
- Up to 10cm