Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker

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.

Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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

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.

Gallery

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  Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker in Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary, India.
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  Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India

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