Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
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Photo © 祐 — CC BY 4.0 — Source: iNaturalist #330205346The grey-capped pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus canicapillus) is an Asian bird species of the woodpecker family (Picidae). It has a subspecies, Yungipicus canicapillus doerriesi, located primarily in Manchuria, eastern Siberia, and Korea. Some taxonomic authorities continue to place this species in the genus Dendrocopos or Picoides. This is a small, dark woodpecker with dark irides. Barred black and white above, it usually has unbarred central tail feathers. Its dark buff underside has prominent dark streaking. The dark grey crown (with a red nape in males), strong black eyestripes, and thin dark malar stripes contrast with broad white supercilia and cheeks. Its range extends from the Himalayas and Manchuria to Southeast Asia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
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+364 birds+14 mammals
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+298 birds+1 mammals
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+290 birds+1 mammals
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+253 birds+9 mammals
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+377 birds+46 mammals
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+197 birds
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+97 birds+3 mammals
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+447 birds+47 mammals
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+179 birds+3 mammals
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+226 birds+7 mammals
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+194 birds+7 mammals
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+422 birds+26 mammals
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+218 birds+5 mammals
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+393 birds+48 mammals
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+228 birds+16 mammals
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+202 birds+19 mammals
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+141 birds+2 mammals
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+333 birds+17 mammals
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+208 birds+4 mammals
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+270 birds+7 mammals
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+443 birds+13 mammals
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