About the Sulu Pygmy Woodpecker
The Sulu pygmy woodpecker, also known as the Sulu woodpecker, is a species of bird in the family Picidae. Formerly lumped with the Philippine pygmy woodpecker, it seems to form a superspecies with this and the Sulawesi pygmy woodpecker. Some taxonomic authorities continue to place this species in the genus Dendrocopos or Picoides.
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The species is named after Captain Wardlaw Ramsay from whose collection the species was described by Hargitt. Specimens were claimed to have been obtained from Borneo but the locality was not certain until new specimens were obtained from Sulu Island by Guillemard.
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in August · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Sulawesi Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus temminckiiThe Sulawesi pygmy woodpecker, also known as the Sulawesi woodpecker, is a species of bird in the family Picidae.
Philippine Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus maculatusThe Philippine pygmy woodpecker, also known as the Philippine woodpecker, is a species of bird in the woodpecker family (Picidae).
Sunda Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus moluccensisThis is a small woodpecker with an overall length of around 13 cm (5.1 in).
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