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Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker

Conservation status

Least Concern

Population Trend

Increasing

Alternate Names

Indian Pygmy Woodpecker

Native Habitat

Forests, Shrubland

Diet

Insects

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Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker

Picoides nanus

The Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker is 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.

Regional Names
  • Bengali:
    বাদামিচাঁদি কাঠকুড়ালি
  • Gujarati:
    કથ્થાઈ ટોપી ઝીણકો લક્કડખોદ, ભારતીય નાનો લક્કડખોદ
  • Hindi:
    छोटा कठफोड़वा
  • Marathi:
    छोटा सुतार
  • Nepali:
    पुन्टे काष्ठकुट
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Taxanomy

PICIFORMES
PICIDAE
Picoides nanus