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Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus nanus)

About Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus nanus)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
  • Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers

The brown-capped pygmy woodpecker or Indian pygmy woodpecker 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.

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  • 2013-02-23

    Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, India