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[[Image:Grey-capped_Woodpecker.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo by {{user|Jia-wei|Jia-wei}}<br />[[Tangjiahe Nature Reserve]], Sichuan, [[China]], October 2006]]
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[[File:Grey-capped_Pygmy_Woodpecker_with red nape mark_DXNLAU.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Note red nape mark<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|dixonlau|dixonlau}}<br />Sarawak, Malaysian [[Borneo]], 25 April 2023]]
 
'''Alternative name: Grey-capped Woodpecker'''
 
'''Alternative name: Grey-capped Woodpecker'''
 
;[[:Category:Yungipicus|Yungipicus]] canicapillus
 
;[[:Category:Yungipicus|Yungipicus]] canicapillus
 
''Dendrocopus canicapillus''
 
''Dendrocopus canicapillus''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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[[Image:19005TiiTir.jpg|thumb|311px|right|Female<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Karim+Madoya|Karim Madoya}}<br />Kota Kinabalu [[Malaysia]], 31 March 2005 ]]
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[[Asia]], [[Russia]]<br />
 
14–16 cm<br />
 
14–16 cm<br />
 
'''Male'''
 
'''Male'''
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*Black edges to crown
 
*Black edges to crown
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Asia]], [[Russia]]<br />
 
 
'''Russia''': [[Siberia]]<br />
 
'''Russia''': [[Siberia]]<br />
 
'''Asia''': [[China]], [[Tibet]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[Korea]], [[Taiwan]]<br />
 
'''Asia''': [[China]], [[Tibet]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[Korea]], [[Taiwan]]<br />
 
'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Borneo]], [[Indonesia]], [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]], [[Sumatra]]
 
'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Borneo]], [[Indonesia]], [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]], [[Sumatra]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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Placed in genus ''[[:Category:Yungipicus|Yungipicus]]'' by Gill and Donsker.
 
 
====Subspecies====
 
====Subspecies====
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[[Image:19005TiiTir.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Karim+Madoya|Karim Madoya}}<br />Kota Kinabalu [[Malaysia]], March 2005 ]]
 
 
There are 11 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
 
There are 11 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''D. c. doerriesi'':
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*''Y. c. doerriesi'':
 
:*Eastern [[Siberia]] (Ussuriland) to [[Korea]] and eastern Manchuria
 
:*Eastern [[Siberia]] (Ussuriland) to [[Korea]] and eastern Manchuria
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*''D. c. scintilliceps'':
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*''Y. c. scintilliceps'':
 
:*Eastern and central [[China]] (Liaoning to Sichuan and Zhejiang)
 
:*Eastern and central [[China]] (Liaoning to Sichuan and Zhejiang)
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*''D. c. kaleensis'':
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*''Y. c. kaleensis'':
 
:*South-western [[China]] (Sichuan to Fujian) to northern [[Burma]], northern [[Indochina]]; [[Taiwan]]
 
:*South-western [[China]] (Sichuan to Fujian) to northern [[Burma]], northern [[Indochina]]; [[Taiwan]]
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*''D. c. swinhoei'':
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*''Y. c. swinhoei'':
 
:*Hainan Island (southern [[China]])
 
:*Hainan Island (southern [[China]])
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*''D. c. semicoronatus'':
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*''Y. c. semicoronatus'':
 
:*Extreme eastern [[Nepal]] to western Assam
 
:*Extreme eastern [[Nepal]] to western Assam
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*''D. c. mitchellii'':
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*''Y. c. mitchellii'':
 
:*Western [[Nepal]] to north-western [[India]] and northern [[Pakistan]]
 
:*Western [[Nepal]] to north-western [[India]] and northern [[Pakistan]]
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*''D. c. canicapillus'':
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*''Y. c. canicapillus'':
 
:*Eastern Assam, [[Bangladesh]] to central and southern [[Burma]], [[Thailand]] and [[Laos]]
 
:*Eastern Assam, [[Bangladesh]] to central and southern [[Burma]], [[Thailand]] and [[Laos]]
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*''D. c. delacouri'':
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*''Y. c. delacouri'':
 
:*South-eastern [[Thailand]], [[Cambodia]] and Cochinchina
 
:*South-eastern [[Thailand]], [[Cambodia]] and Cochinchina
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*''D. c. auritus'':
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*''Y. c. auritus'':
 
:*Southern [[Thailand]] and [[Malay Peninsula]]
 
:*Southern [[Thailand]] and [[Malay Peninsula]]
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*''D. c. volzi'':
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*''Y. c. volzi'':
 
:*[[Sumatra]], Riau Archipelago and Nias Island
 
:*[[Sumatra]], Riau Archipelago and Nias Island
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*''D. c. aurantiiventris'':
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*''Y. c. aurantiiventris'':
 
:*[[Borneo]]
 
:*[[Borneo]]
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Dry dipterocarp forest, mangroves, riparian woodland, lightly wooded areas and groves. Parks and gardens.
 
Dry dipterocarp forest, mangroves, riparian woodland, lightly wooded areas and groves. Parks and gardens.
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{{ref}}
 
{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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{{GSearch|Woodpecker+canicapillus}}  
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{{GSearch| "Yungipicus canicapillus" {{!}} "Dendrocopus canicapillus" {{!}} "Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker" {{!}} "Grey-capped Woodpecker"}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Yungipicus]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Yungipicus]]

Latest revision as of 14:44, 29 April 2023

Note red nape mark
Photo © by dixonlau
Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, 25 April 2023

Alternative name: Grey-capped Woodpecker

Yungipicus canicapillus

Dendrocopus canicapillus

Identification

Female
Photo © by Karim Madoya
Kota Kinabalu Malaysia, 31 March 2005

Asia, Russia
14–16 cm
Male

  • Grey crown and forehead
  • Black edges to crown

Distribution

Russia: Siberia
Asia: China, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Korea, Taiwan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Indonesia, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 11 subspecies[1]:

  • Y. c. doerriesi:
  • Y. c. scintilliceps:
  • Eastern and central China (Liaoning to Sichuan and Zhejiang)
  • Y. c. kaleensis:
  • Y. c. swinhoei:
  • Hainan Island (southern China)
  • Y. c. semicoronatus:
  • Extreme eastern Nepal to western Assam
  • Y. c. mitchellii:
  • Y. c. canicapillus:
  • Y. c. delacouri:
  • Y. c. auritus:
  • Y. c. volzi:
  • Sumatra, Riau Archipelago and Nias Island
  • Y. c. aurantiiventris:

Habitat

Dry dipterocarp forest, mangroves, riparian woodland, lightly wooded areas and groves. Parks and gardens.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of caterpillars, small beetles, grubs and ants. They also eat fruit and grass seeds.

Vocalisation

Call: Tiirr..Tiirr , continously and repetitively..

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015)
  4. BF Member observations

Recommended Citation

External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1

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