Picumnus limae
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The ochraceous piculet (Picumnus limae) is a species of bird in subfamily Picumninae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is endemic to north-eastern Brazil. The ochraceous piculet is monotypic according to the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society, the International Ornithological Committee, and the Clements taxonomy. However, BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) treats the darker, southern, population as a separate species, the tawny piculet (P. fulvescens). The other three taxonomic systems had earlier separated them but have concluded that the color differences used for the differentiation are along a cline and that any division is arbitrary. The distribution along the color cline generally follows Gloger's rule.
This article follows the single-species model. The ochraceous piculet is about 10 cm (3.9 in) long and weighs 8 to 12 g (0.28 to 0.42 oz). Adult males have a black cap with red tips on the forehead feathers and small white spots on the rest of the cap. Adult females are identical but for no red on the forehead. The species' upperparts vary from grayish... Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report an Ochraceous Piculet sighting in Fortaleza on a given day, based on 105 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 34th most-seen of the 129 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May–August, October and December–January
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Ochraceous Piculet in Fortaleza on a given day, against about 10% in April, the lowest month.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ochraceous Piculet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Fortaleza, in our data
Fortaleza is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ochraceous Piculet sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Picidae
The closest relatives of the Ochraceous Piculet that you can see in Fortaleza (family Picidae, Woodpeckers) are Green-barred Woodpecker (about 30%), Ochre-backed Woodpecker (about 20%) and Little Woodpecker (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ochraceous Piculet is recorded against all the birds logged in Fortaleza (105 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
