Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker vs Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker

Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker

Yungipicus nanus

16 gUrban

The brown-capped pygmy woodpecker has brownish cap from the forehead to hindneck. A small brown and white woodpecker with distinctive pink-rimmed white irises. Barred brown and white above, lightly streaked dirty white below. Tail spotted white. Paler brown crown (edged red in male) and eyestripes contrasting with white supercilia and cheeks.

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Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker

Yungipicus moluccensis

16 gWoodland

This is a small woodpecker with an overall length of around 13 cm (5.1 in). It has a greyish brown capped head, dark brown ear covers with two rather broad whitish grey bands narrowing towards neck. Upper parts greyish brown with white wings tipped with white thus appearing striped. Tail short and blackish with white bands. Lores and throat white leading into dirty white underparts. Upper breast streaked with brown reducing towards vent. Whitish underwing coverts with pale brown. Sexes dimorphic. Males have a reddish orange crown which is absent in females.

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Photo: Ben Costamagna · CC BY 4.0

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