The brown-capped pygmy woodpecker or Indian pygmy woodpecker (''Yungipicus nanus'') is a species of very small

woodpecker Woodpeckers are part of the bird family (biology), family Picidae, which also includes the piculets, wrynecks and sapsuckers. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Madagascar and the extreme ...

found in

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

and

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

. Some taxonomic authorities continue to place this species in the genus ''

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 2084.jpg, Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker in

Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary Kawal Tiger Reserve is a Nature reserve, nature preserve located at Jannaram mandal of Mancherial district, Mancherial District (Old Adilabad district) in the Telangana state of India. The Government of India declared Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary to ...

. 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

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