White-browed Piculet (Sasia ochracea) [XC316395]
by Greg Irving from Khlong Suan, Khlong Saeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Suratthani Province, Thailand (call)
White-browed Piculet (Sasia ochracea) [XC613248]
by Thet Zaw Naing from Palaw (near Kyaukkayan), Myeik, Tanintharyi Region, Bhutan (call, song)
Subspecies
Subspecies hasbroucki, described from southern Myanmar and southern Thailand, is synonymous with reichenowi. Birds from southern Assam, Bangladesh and south-western Myanmar sometimes separated as subspecies querulivox on basis of paler coloration, but this matched by individuals from south-eastern Asia.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
ochracea Hodgson, 1836 - Northern India (northern Uttar Pradesh) and central Nepal east to northern and central Thailand and Vietnam.
kinneari Stresemann, 1929 - Extreme northern Vietnam (Tonkin) and adjacent southern China (Yunnan, Guangxi).
reichenowi Hesse, 1911 - Southern Myanmar (Tenasserim) and south-western Thailand south to Isthmus of Kra.