speckled piculet

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Lovely Pratim.

I like how you've painted the feathers, Pratim, especially the touches of green

PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 475 (Observe the Bird and recognize)..SPECKLED PICULET...[From a Photograph of MR. RAJA PRASATH DORAIRAJ] ... WATERCOLOUR ...A4...2015... The speckled piculet (Picumnus innominatus) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are boreal forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. 10 cm; 9–13·2 g. Male has rufous-orange to yellow forehead barred or spotted black, yellowish-white lores; broad black stripe from eye backwards. High “ti-ti-ti-ti-ti” by male as advertising or territorial call. Diet consists of insects and their larvae, especially ants, but also geometrid caterpillars, weevils (Curculionidae) and longhorn beetles.