Grey-capped pygmy woodpecker

The grey-capped pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus canicapillus) is an Asian bird species of the woodpecker family (Picidae). It has a subspecies, Yungipicus canicapillus doerriesi, located primarily in Manchuria, eastern Siberia, and Korea.[2] Some taxonomic authorities continue to place this species in the genus Dendrocopos or Picoides.

Grey-capped pygmy woodpecker
Female at Jayanti in the Buxa Tiger Reserve (Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, India)

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Yungipicus
Species:
Y. canicapillus
Binomial name
Yungipicus canicapillus
(Blyth, 1845)
Synonyms

Picoides canicapillus
Dryobates semicoronatus
Dendrocopus canicapillus[1]

This is a small, dark woodpecker with dark irides. Barred black and white above, it usually has unbarred central tail feathers. Its dark buff underside has prominent dark streaking. The dark grey crown (with a red nape in males), strong black eyestripes, and thin dark malar stripes contrast with broad white supercilia and cheeks.

It occurs from Nepal to Myanmar and northern Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Picoides canicapillus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "Picoides canicapillus doerriesi". Handbook of the Birds of the World. Retrieved 6 November 2015.


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