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 Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

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Dendrocopos ''Dendrocopos'' is a widespread genus of woodpeckers from Asia, Europe and Northern Africa. The species range from the Philippines to the British Isles. Taxonomy The genus ''Dendrocopos'' was introduced in 1816 by the German naturalist Carl Lud ...

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Picoides ''Picoides'' is a genus of woodpeckers (family Picidae) that are native to Eurasia and North America, commonly known as three-toed woodpeckers. Taxonomy The genus ''Picoides'' was introduced by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépè ...

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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.

Gallery

File:Brown-capped Pygmy Wooppecker (Dendrocopos nanus) in Kawal WS, AP W IMG 2086.jpg, Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker in Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary, India. File:Brown-capped Pygmy Wooppecker (Dendrocopos nanus) in Kawal WS, AP W IMG 2084.jpg, Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker in Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary, India. File:Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker, Haldwani, Uttarakhand.jpg, alt=Picture taken in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India, left, Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India

References

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'' ...

Birds of South Asia

Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{woodpecker-stub