Woodpeckers

African Piculet

Verreauxia africana

The African Piculet (Verreauxia africana) is a 9.4 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Woodpeckers

Order

Piciformes

Weight

9.4 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

11

Photo: (c) Rafael Würtemberger, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist