Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker

When to see the Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker

The map shades 16 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker

The grey-capped pygmy woodpecker 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.

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Easily confused with

Japanese Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus kizukiThe Japanese pygmy woodpecker is 13–15 cm (5.1–5.9 in) long. Brown-capped Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus nanusThe brown-capped pygmy woodpecker has brownish cap from the forehead to hindneck. Sunda Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus moluccensisThis is a small woodpecker with an overall length of around 13 cm (5.1 in).