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Grey-Capped Pygmy Woodpecker

Woodpeckers and Allies

Photo: Lip Kee (Singapore) · CC BY-SA 2.0 (May be cropped or resized)

Yungipicus canicapillus

Basic stats

Habitat

Subtropical or tropical moist lowland, mangrove and moist montane forest

Range

Himalaya and Manchuria to Southeast Asia

The grey-capped pygmy woodpecker is a small, dark woodpecker with dark eyes, barred black and white above, usually with unbarred central tail feathers. The 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 eyebrows and cheeks. It has a subspecies in Manchuria, eastern Siberia and Korea (Wikipedia, general species account).

Its range extends from the Himalaya and Manchuria to Southeast Asia, in subtropical or tropical moist lowland, mangrove and moist montane forest (Wikipedia, general species account).

Quick answers

What habitat does the Grey-Capped Pygmy Woodpecker live in?
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland, mangrove and moist montane forest
Where is the Grey-Capped Pygmy Woodpecker found?
Himalaya and Manchuria to Southeast Asia
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