Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker

Picoides nanusDendrocopos nanus The brown-capped pygmy woodpecker or Indian pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus nanus) is a species of very small woodpecker found in Nepal, India and Sri Lanka.

Some taxonomic authorities continue to place this species in the genus Dendrocopos or Picoides.

A small brown and white woodpecker with distinctive pink-rimmed white irises.

Paler brown crown (edged red in male) and eyestripes contrasting with white supercilia and cheeks.

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