© Balaji P B
Adult and chick © Martjan Lammertink
© Kannan AS
© Abhishek Das

Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus nanus

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Identification

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Small woodpecker of open forest and forest edge. Note size, pale eyes, and broad-striped head pattern. Darkness of the crown varies; palest in northern and peninsular India and darkest in Sri Lanka. Where it overlaps with Gray-capped Woodpecker, note the more “blocky” head pattern, pale eyes, and white-spotted tail of Brown-capped. Gives a short chittering trill that rises and falls quickly.

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