Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus moluccensis) [XC764669]
by Ding Li Yong from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (call)
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus moluccensis) [XC109553]
by Lim Ying Hien from Pintumas, Alor Island, Indonesia (song)
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.
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).