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 LC    Sunda Woodpecker* Id (Atlas):
    Picoides moluccensis

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker, Sunda Woodpecker, Brown-capped Woodpecker, Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker, Malaysian Woodpecker, Malaysian Pygmy Woodpecker, Indian Pygmy Woodpecker (nanus group), Ceylon Pygmy Woodpecker (gymnopthalmos), Sri Lanka Pygmy Woodpecker (gymnopthalmos)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1788)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical mangroves, dry shrubland, urban areas, rural gardens, plantations. From sea-level - 2,200 m.

Range (Guide)
Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia (B), Malaysia (B), Singapore (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (30)...)

 
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus moluccensis) [XC762514]
     by James Lambert from Jeram, Selangor, Malaysia (song)

 
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus moluccensis) [XC717390]
     by Lim Ying Hien from Sekinchan, Selangor, Malaysia (drumming)

Subspecies
Closest to Sulawesi Pygmy Woodpecker (Picoides temminckii) and Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker (Picoides maculatus). Indian Subcontinent subspecies often treated as forming a separate species on grounds of shared morphological differences from eastern subspecies. Alternatively, subspecies nanus has sometimes been considered conspecific with Grey-capped Woodpecker (Picoides canicapillus), but the two are sympatric in Nepal without interbreeding. Birds in eastern peninsular India described as subspecies hardwickii, and those from Alor (eastern Lesser Sundas) as excelsior, but in both cases differences are a result of clinal variation.

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Indian Pygmy Woodpecker (Picoides nanus).

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

  • moluccensis (Gmelin, 1788)   -  Northern and peninsular India (except south-west) and southern Nepal east to Bangladesh. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Indian Pygmy Woodpecker (Picoides nanus).
  • cinereigula (Malherbe, 1849)   -  South-western India in Kerala and western Tamil Nadu. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Indian Pygmy Woodpecker (Picoides nanus).
  • gymnopthalmos (Blyth, 1849)   -  Sri Lanka. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Indian Pygmy Woodpecker (Picoides nanus).
  • excelsior (Hartert, 1898)   -  Western and southern Peninsular Malaysia south to Greater Sundas, including Riau Archipelago, Bangka and Belitung.
  • grandis Hargitt, 1882   -  Lesser Sundas, from Lombok east to Alor. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Indian Pygmy Woodpecker (Picoides nanus).



References
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Files:
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