picumnus

Updated: May 19, 2025

As soon as the birth had taken place began a series of ceremonies, which are of particular interest, as they seem to belong to a very early stage of religious thought, and have a markedly rustic character. Immediately a sacred meal was offered to the two field-deities, Picumnus and Pilumnus, and then the Roman turned his attention to the practical danger of fever for the mother and child.

Cyril Bailey - The Religion of Ancient Rome

Climacteris scandens, TEMM. picumnus, TEMM. Sittella melanocephala, GOULD. Cuculus inornatus, VIG. and HORSF. cineraceus, VIG. and HORSF. Chalcites lucidus, VIG. and HORSF. Meliphaga Novae-Hollandiae, VIG. and HORSF. Australasiana, VIG. and HORSF. Glyciphila fulvifrons, SWAINS. albifrons, GOULD. ocularis, GOULD. Ptilotis sonora, GOULD. cratitia, GOULD. ornata, GOULD. penicillata, GOULD. Zanthomyza Phrygia, SWAINS. Melicophila picata, GOULD. Acanthogenys rufogularis, GOULD. Anthochaera carunculata, VIG. and HORSF. mellivora, VIG. and HORSF. Acanthorynchus tenuirostris.

Edward John Eyre - Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1: Sent By the Colonists of South Australia, with the Sanction and Support of the Government: Including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the State of Their Relations with Europeans — Complete

This species seeks its food largely on the ground. In addition to the above, two tiny little woodpeckers much smaller than sparrows are common in the Eastern Himalayas. They feed on the ground largely. They are: 74. Picumnus innominatus. The speckled piculet. Sasia ochracea. The rufous piculet. The former has an olive-green forehead.

Douglas Dewar - Birds of the Indian Hills