White-browed Piculet (Sasia ochracea) [XC117062]
by Andres Angulo Rubiano from Protection forest, five point count on forest interior, Laos university demostration forest, Vientiane Prefecture, India (drumming)
White-browed Piculet (Sasia ochracea) [XC56556]
by Lieven De Temmerman from Huai Mae Priang, Kaeng Krachan District, Phetchaburi, Vietnam (drumming)
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.