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Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker
Species of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The brown-capped pygmy woodpecker or Indian pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus nanus) is a species of very small woodpecker found in Nepal, India and Sri Lanka. Some taxonomic authorities continue to place this species in the genus Dendrocopos or Picoides.
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Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Picidae |
Genus: | Yungipicus |
Species: | Y. nanus |
Binomial name | |
Yungipicus nanus (Vigors, 1832) | |
Synonyms | |
Picoides nanus |
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