Prakruti Parichay
PicidaeSasia

White-browed Piculet

Sasia ochracea

9–10 cmVery Small
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Resident Himalayas, NE India and Bangladesh. Tiny size and tailless appearance. Has greenish -olive upperparts (variably washed with rufous) and rufous underparts. very short black tail. fine white supercilium behind eye, and red iris and orbital skin. Male has golden-yellow on forehead, which is rufous on female. Bushes and bamboo in forest and secondary growth.

Colour

Rufous / Red-brownOliveBlackWhite
Average size
9.5 cm
Habitat
Bushes and bamboo in forest and secondary growth.
Behaviour
Resident Himalayas, NE India and Bangladesh.

About this bird

Resident Himalayas, NE India and Bangladesh. Tiny size and tailless appearance. Has greenish -olive upperparts (variably washed with rufous) and rufous underparts. very short black tail. fine white supercilium behind eye, and red iris and orbital skin. Male has golden-yellow on forehead, which is rufous on female. Bushes and bamboo in forest and secondary growth.

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White-browed Piculet is bigger than Ashy-throated Warbler but smaller than A am a io Glossy SWifUet.

This bird

White-browed Piculet

Sasia ochracea

9–10 cm