Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker

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Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker
Brown-capped Pygmy Wooppecker (Dendrocopos nanus) in Kawal WS, AP W IMG 2086.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Yungipicus
Species:
Y. nanus
Binomial name
Yungipicus nanus
(Vigors, 1832)
Synonyms

Picoides nanus
Dendrocopos nanus

The brown-capped pygmy woodpecker or Indian pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus nanus) is a species of very small woodpecker found in Nepal, India and Sri Lanka. Some taxonomic authorities continue to place this species in the genus Dendrocopos or Picoides .

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Description

A small brown and white woodpecker with distinctive pink-rimmed white irises. Barred brown and white above, lightly streaked dirty white below. Tail spotted white. Paler brown crown (edged red in male) and eyestripes contrasting with white supercilia and cheeks.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Picoides nanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22681060A92891080. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22681060A92891080.en . Retrieved 18 December 2023.