The Land Birds of Southeast Brazil

Original account 46 · seb_species_0046

Little Woodpecker

veniliornis passerinus

Picidae,Picinae

From the original CD

Complete decoded account text

14-15 cm. Male has a variable amount of red on the crown and indistinct red streaks on the mantle. Forehead grayish green. Olive-green above. Barred olive and whitish below. Wings and outer tail feathers olive-green with whitish barring. Thin white mustachial streak. <NThe female is without red on head. A high pitched "kikikikikikiki", increasing in pitch. Also a wik-wik-wik" ^128 . Forages alone, in pairs or in mixed flocks from low in trees, scrub, bamboo, to high in the canopy. October-March. Not uncommon in wood lots, forest border, gallery forest. Occurs mostly inland but might appear in areas closer to the coast. To 400 meters 2527 April 12, 2003, Araras Eco Lodge, Pocone, MT. Recorded by Jeremy Minns.: 10436 November 2004, Minas Gerais.: 4978 > Male: 36 > Female:

Character status: partial decoder; angle-bracket byte markers are preserved

Recovered structure; field assignment may be heuristic

Structured account sections

Description

14-15 cm. Male has a variable amount of red on the crown and indistinct red streaks on the mantle. Forehead grayish green. Olive-green above. Barred olive and whitish below. Wings and outer tail feathers olive-green with whitish barring. Thin white mustachial streak. <NThe female is without red on head.

Behavior

Forages alone, in pairs or in mixed flocks from low in trees, scrub, bamboo, to high in the canopy.

Habitat and status

A high pitched "kikikikikikiki", increasing in pitch. Also a wik-wik-wik" ^128 .

Distribution

October-March.

Additional notes

Not uncommon in wood lots, forest border, gallery forest. Occurs mostly inland but might appear in areas closer to the coast. To 400 meters

Structure status: heuristic; decoded_account_text and segment JSON remain authoritative

Release-specific historical evidence — the three releases remain separate; none is canonical

Release history

This work was published as three separate releases: the Disc 3 release first, the Disc 2 release later, and the Disc 1 release in 2011. Differences between them are historical release differences and are never merged.

  • Disc 3 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
  • Disc 2 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
  • Disc 1 (2011) in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)

The account in the Disc 1 (2011) revision

Historical taxonomy

WORLD

veniliornis passerinus

Little Woodpecker

Picidae,Picinae

Woodpeckers

CLEMENTS

veniliornis passerinus

Little Woodpecker

Picidae,Picinae

Woodpeckers

AOU_HM

veniliornis passerinus

Little Woodpecker

Picidae,Picinae

Woodpeckers

Recordings

2527.mp3

2527 April 12, 2003, Araras Eco Lodge, Pocone, MT. Recorded by Jeremy Minns.

Historical relationship: account_audio; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 1.

Classification: high; match: exact_unique.

Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/WAV/2527.mp3

10436.mp3

10436 November 2004, Minas Gerais.

Historical relationship: account_audio; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 2.

Classification: high; match: exact_unique.

Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/WAV/10436.mp3

Images

Historical image associated with Little Woodpecker
4978.jpg
4978 > Male
Historical relationship: account_image; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 3.
Classification: high; match: exact_unique.
Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/PICTURE/4978.jpg
Historical image associated with Little Woodpecker
36.jpg
36 > Female
Historical relationship: account_image; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 4.
Classification: high; match: exact_unique.
Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/PICTURE/36.jpg

Source details

Species ID
seb_species_0046
Account ID
seb_account_0046
Source edition
CD03 / 2006 package
Original taxonomy scheme
WORLD

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Item reference
seb_species_0046
Information status
mixed -- see per-section status labels above