Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker
Yungipicus moluccensis(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker
The Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus moluccensis) 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 moluccensis
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Yungipicus moluccensis moluccensis
- Yungipicus moluccensis grandis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus moluccensis
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- Moluccas, = Malacca.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.439
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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