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piculet

(ˈpɪkjʊlɪt)
n
a small tropical woodpecker with a short tail
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Noun1.piculet - small woodpeckers of South America and Africa and East Indies having soft rounded tail featherspiculet - small woodpeckers of South America and Africa and East Indies having soft rounded tail feathers
peckerwood, woodpecker, pecker - bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
genus Picumnus, Picumnus - a genus of Picidae
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Two new feather mite species (Acari, Pteronyssidae) from the white-barred piculet, Picumnus cirratus (Aves, Piciformes).
Feather mites (Acari, Astigmata) associated with birds in an Atlantic Forest fragment in Northeastern Brazil/ Acaros de pena (Acari: Astigmata) associados com aves em um fragmento de Mata Atlantica no Nordeste do Brasil
Journey Latin America has a fantastic 20-night Piculet tour that goes to Chile, Argentina, Peru and Brazil.
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Picidae Ochraceous Piculet Picumnus limae (Leach, 1820) Fam.
Environmental perception and use of fauna from a Private Natural Heritage Reserve (RPPN) in Brazilian semiarid/Percepcao ambiental e usos da fauna de uma Reserva Particular do Patrimonio Natural (RPPN) no semiarido brasileiro

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