Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker

Photo by Jia-wei
Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China, October 2006

Alternative name: Grey-capped Woodpecker

Yungipicus canicapillus

Dendrocopus canicapillus

Identification

14–16 cm
Male

• Grey crown and forehead
• Black edges to crown

Distribution

Asia, Russia
Russia: Siberia
Asia: China, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Korea, Taiwan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Indonesia, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra

Taxonomy

Placed in genus Yungipicus by Gill and Donsker.

Subspecies

Female
Photo by Karim Madoya
Kota Kinabalu Malaysia, March 2005

There are 11 subspecies^[1]:

• D. c. doerriesi:

• Eastern Siberia (Ussuriland) to Korea and eastern Manchuria

• D. c. scintilliceps:

• Eastern and central China (Liaoning to Sichuan and Zhejiang)

• D. c. kaleensis:

• South-western China (Sichuan to Fujian) to northern Burma, northern Indochina; Taiwan

• D. c. swinhoei:

• Hainan Island (southern China)

• D. c. semicoronatus:

• Extreme eastern Nepal to western Assam

• D. c. mitchellii:

• Western Nepal to north-western India and northern Pakistan

• D. c. canicapillus:

• Eastern Assam, Bangladesh to central and southern Burma, Thailand and Laos

• D. c. delacouri:

• South-eastern Thailand, Cambodia and Cochinchina

• D. c. auritus:

• Southern Thailand and Malay Peninsula

• D. c. volzi:

• Sumatra, Riau Archipelago and Nias Island

• D. c. aurantiiventris:

• Borneo

Habitat

Dry dipterocarp forest, mangroves, riparian woodland, lightly wooded areas and groves. Parks and gardens.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of caterpillars, small beetles, grubs and ants. They also eat fruit and grass seeds.

Vocalisation

Call: Tiirr..Tiirr , continously and repetitively..

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015)
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Grey-capped_Pygmy_Woodpecker

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