- Source: 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.
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
Media related to Yungipicus nanus at Wikimedia Commons
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker
- List of birds by common name
- List of endemic birds of South Asia
- Gir National Park
- List of birds of India
- List of birds of South Asia: part 1
- Yungipicus
- List of woodpeckers
- Sattal
- Sunda pygmy woodpecker
