Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Brown-capped Woodpecker (Dendrocopos moluccensis) - HBW 7, p. 474
French: Pic nain
German: Braunscheitelspecht
Spanish: Pico Crestipardo
Other common names: Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker; Sunda/Malaysian Woodpecker/Pygmy Woodpecker (nominate group); Indian Pygmy Woodpecker (nanus group); Ceylon/Sri Lanka Pygmy Woodpecker (gymnopthalmos)
Taxonomy: Picus moluccensis J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Moluccas; error = Malacca.
Genus sometimes merged into Picoides. Closest to D. temminckii and D. maculatus. Indian Subcontinent races often treated as forming a separate species on grounds of shared morphological differences from E races. Alternatively, race nanus has sometimes been considered conspecific with D. canicapillus, but the two are sympatric in Nepal without interbreeding. Birds in E peninsular India described as race hardwickii, and those from Alor (E Lesser Sundas) as excelsior, but in both cases differences are a result of clinal variation. Five subspecies .. View all taxonomy...
Genus sometimes merged into Picoides. Closest to D. temminckii and D. maculatus. Indian Subcontinent races often treated as forming a separate species on grounds of shared morphological differences from E races. Alternatively, race nanus has sometimes been considered conspecific with D. canicapillus, but the two are sympatric in Nepal without interbreeding. Birds in E peninsular India described as race hardwickii, and those from Alor (E Lesser Sundas) as excelsior, but in both cases differences are a result of clinal variation. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nanus (Vigors, 1832) - N and peninsular India (except SW) and S Nepal E to Bangladesh.
- cinereigula (Malherbe, 1849) - SW India in Kerala and W Tamil Nadu.
- gymnopthalmos (Blyth, 1849) - Sri Lanka.
- nanus (Vigors, 1832) - N and peninsular India (except SW) and S Nepal E to Bangladesh.
- cinereigula (Malherbe, 1849) - SW India in Kerala and W Tamil Nadu.
- gymnopthalmos (Blyth, 1849) - Sri Lanka.
- moluccensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) - W & S Peninsular Malaysia S to Greater Sundas, including Riau Archipelago, Bangka and Belitung.
- grandis (Hargitt, 1882) - Lesser Sundas, from Lombok E to Alor.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female pecking a branch Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India (ssp nanus)
Jean Hupperetz 31 October 2004 8 years ago 27 sec 4.4 -
A female in a small tree, pecking and finally climbing. Locality Pantar, Lesser Sundas (ssp grandis)
Josep del Hoyo 22 October 2011 1 year ago 42 sec 4.3 -
A female foraging in a tree. Locality Mudumalai National Park, India (ssp nanus)
Josep del Hoyo 8 December 2009 3 years ago 33 sec 4.3 -
Close-up of perched bird Locality Flores, Lesser Sundas (ssp grandis)
mark sutton 23 June 2009 3 years ago 33 sec 4.3 -
One bird feeding and another calling Locality Marina South, Singapore (ssp moluccensis)
Tom Tarrant 30 September 1994 8 years ago 28 sec 4 -
Hunting for food on jetty supports at Telaga Air fishing village. Locality Sarawak (Malaysia), Borneo
g_warburton 27 January 2012 1 year ago 28 sec 3.8
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A female at her nesting hole
Locality Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp cinereigula)
vasanthan.p.j 6 March 2010 3 years ago 4.5 -
A brown-capped woodpecker's new highest distribution habitat in malay peninsular. It becomes the latest, the 1000th, bird of Tha
Locality Southern Thailand, Thailand
Tanakorn Chantasuban 2 February 2011 2 years ago 4 -
A female hanging on a branch.
Locality Mudumalai National Park, India (ssp nanus)
Josep del Hoyo 8 December 2009 3 years ago 4 -
The woodpecker was search food on a tree branch.
Locality Singapore
William IP 17 February 2011 2 years ago 3.3 -
A female in a small tree.
Locality Pantar, Lesser Sundas (ssp grandis)
Josep del Hoyo 22 October 2011 1 year ago 3.1 -
Foraging on a small tree on the edge of a mangrove forest
Locality Kuala Gula Bird Sanctuary, Perak, Peninsular Malaysia
Ian Barker 21 March 2012 51 weeks ago 3
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Calls by one bird. Locality Marina South, Singapore
(ssp moluccensis)
Tom Tarrant 30 September 1994 15 weeks ago 4
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