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 | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Yungipicus |
| Species: | Y. nanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Yungipicus nanus (Vigors, 1832) | |
| Synonyms | |
Picoides 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
Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker in Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary, India.
Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India
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