Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
Yungipicus canicapillus(Blyth, E, 1845)
English (US) Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
UK name: Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
The Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus canicapillus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Picidae (Woodpeckers) in the order Piciformes.
- Scientific name
- Yungipicus canicapillus
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
- English (UK)
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1845)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 11 subspecies for this species.
- Yungipicus canicapillus doerriesi
- Yungipicus canicapillus scintilliceps
- Yungipicus canicapillus kaleensis
- Yungipicus canicapillus swinhoei
- Yungipicus canicapillus mitchellii
- Yungipicus canicapillus semicoronatus
- Yungipicus canicapillus canicapillus
- Yungipicus canicapillus delacouri
- Yungipicus canicapillus auritus
- Yungipicus canicapillus volzi
- Yungipicus canicapillus aurantiiventris
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus canicapillus
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1845)
- Type locality
- Arakan; type from Ramree Island.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 14, pt.1, no.159 p.197
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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