Woodpeckers

Little Woodpecker

Veniliornis passerinus

The Little Woodpecker (Veniliornis passerinus) is a 32 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Woodpeckers

Order

Piciformes

Weight

32 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

10

Recorded in Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, GF, Venezuela, Guyana.

Photo: (c) Helio Lourencini, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist