Birds of the World

Picidae : Woodpeckers

Ocellated Piculet

Picumnus dorbygnianus

Machu Picchu, Peru - December 2008

Ocellated Piculets are tiny members of the woodpecker family that are only about the size of a Northern Wren.  They are locally distributed in submontane forests of Peru and Bolivia between altitudes of 900-2500m.