White-browed Piculet
A species of Asian Piculets Scientific name : Sasia ochracea Genus : Asian Piculets
White-browed Piculet, A species of Asian Piculets
Botanical name: Sasia ochracea
Genus: Asian Piculets
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Description
This small piculet has olive-green upper parts tinged with chestnut and grows to a length of up to 10 cm (4 in). The under parts are cinnamon or rufous, sometimes yellowish on the flanks. The stubby tail is blackish. The crown is green, and there is a white streak above and immediately behind the eye, the latter being surrounded by a ring of bare pinkish or reddish skin. Males have a small golden-yellow patch on the forehead which females lack. Juveniles are duller in colour than adults, greener above and greyer beneath. The beak is grey, the iris is red and the legs are yellow or orange, the feet having just three toes, (four being the norm in the woodpecker family). In southern Myanmar and southeastern Thailand, where their ranges overlap, the white-browed piculet can be confused with the very similar rufous piculet (Sasia abnormis), but differs in the white streak above the eye and the darker beak. 
Size
10 cm
Feeding Habits
White-browed Piculet mainly consumes ants, their brood, small bark beetles, and spiders. Forages alone or in small groups, often joining mixed-species flocks, and is active at low vegetation levels and on the ground. It employs rapid pecking but does not excavate for larvae.
Habitat
White-browed Piculet typically resides in areas abundant with dense low vegetation, including broadleaved evergreen and mixed deciduous forests. This bird shows a strong preference for environments with a significant presence of bamboo and is commonly found in dense secondary growth and mixed scrub. Habitats are frequently located in close proximity to water sources within broader southeast Asian regions.
Dite type
Insectivorous
General Info
Distribution Area
The white-browed piculet is native to tropical southeastern Asia. Its range extends from northern India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh through southern China to Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand. Its home is dense wet or dry forest with plenty of vines and bamboo, scrub and swampy woodlands. It is found at altitudes of up to 2,600 m (8,500 ft).
Species Status
The white-browed piculet is described as a fairly common bird and has a very extensive range. No particular threats to this bird are known and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, the population is believed to be stable. For these reasons, the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed this bird's conservation status as being of "least concern".
Photo By Charley Hesse TROPICAL BIRDING 
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