Grey-capped pygmy woodpecker
| Grey-capped pygmy woodpecker | |
|---|---|
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| Female at Jayanti in the Buxa Tiger Reserve (Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, India) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Picoides |
| Species: | P. canicapillus |
| Binomial name | |
| Picoides canicapillus (Blyth, 1845) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Dryobates semicoronatus | |
The grey-capped pygmy woodpecker (Picoides canicapillus) is an Asian bird species of the woodpecker family (Picidae). It has a subspecies, Picoides canicapillus doerriesi, located primarily in Manchuria, eastern Siberia, and Korea.[2]
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 is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
References
- 1 2 BirdLife International (2012). "Dendrocopos canicapillus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "Picoides canicapillus doerriesi". Handbook of the Birds of the World. Retrieved 6 November 2015.