WHITE BROWED PICULET
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PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 439 (Observe the Bird and recognize).WHITE BROWED PICULET..[From a Photograph of Mr.PRANJAL J SAIKIA ] ... WATERCOLOUR ...A4...2014... The white-browed piculet (Sasia ochracea) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. This bird utilizes bamboo to make nests and living areas. It uses its feet to pick up broken bamboo, and its beak to tear off bamboo that is partially broken. 9–10 cm; 8·3–11·8g. Male has rufous to orange-rufous forehead and forecrown, with bright golden-yellow patch in centre of forehead. Short sharp “chi” or “tsick”; fast high-pitched trill starting with call, “chi-rrrrrrrra” or “ti-i. Dense low vegetation in broadleaved evergreen and mixed deciduous forest. Ants and their brood, small bark beetles (Scolytidae), spiders. Occurs singly, in pairs or in small groups of 4 or 5.
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