Grey-capped Woodpecker / Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker

Order - Piciformes
Family - Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Grey-capped Woodpecker /
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker

Yungipicus canicapillus

星头啄木鸟 (xīng-tóu zhuó-mù-niǎo) / 小啄木 (xiǎo zhuó-mù)

    Malay : Belatuk-Belacan Kecil Ubun Kelabu

    Japanese : セグロコゲラ (se-guro ko-gera)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 背黒小啄木鳥

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 23,400,000km²

    Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

    Size : 14–16 cm; 20–27 g (mitche­llii), 21–32 g (semicoronatus, scintilliceps)

    

    Subspecies (11) and Distribution

• Yungipicus canicapillus doerriesi (Hargitt, 1881, Askold Island, Siberia)
  – E Siberia (Ussuriland), NE China (Heilongjiang, Jilin) and Korea.
• Yungipicus canicapillus scintilliceps (Swinhoe, 1863, Peking [= Peiping, Hopeh, China.])
  – E and C China from Liaoning S to Sichuan and Zhejiang.
• Yungipicus canicapillus kaleensis (Swinhoe, 1863, Formosa)
  – W and S Sichuan E to Fujian and Taiwan, and S to N Myanmar and N Indochina.
• Yungipicus canicapillus swinhoei (E. J. O. Hartert, 1910, No-tai, Hainan)
  – Hainan.
• Yungipicus canicapillus mitchellii (Malherbe, 1849, Nepal)
  – N Pakistan E to Nepal.
• Yungipicus canicapillus semicoronatus (Malherbe, 1849, Himalayas = Darjeeling)
  – extreme E Nepal E to W Assam.
• Yungipicus canicapillus canicapillus (Blyth, 1845, Arakan; type from Ramree Island)
  – E Assam, Bangladesh, C and S Myanmar, most of Thailand and Laos.
• Yungipicus canicapillus delacouri (Meyer de Schauensee, 1938,  Ubol-Chanuman, lat. 15° 30' N., long. 105° E., Siam)
  – SE Thailand, Cambodia and S Vietnam (Cochinchina).
• Yungipicus canicapillus auritus (Eyton, 1845, Malacca)
  – S Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.
• Yungipicus canicapillus volzi (Stresemann, 1920, Laut Tawar [Atjeh], Sumatra)
  – Riau Archipelago and Sumatra, including Nias I.
• Yungipicus canicapillus aurantiiventris (Salvadori, 1868, Borneo = Sarawak)
  – Borneo.

Distribution Map

Yungipicus canicapillus ssp. auritus
Date : 15 October 2017

Location : Pantai Leka, Mukim Parit Jawa, Daerah Muar, Johor

Yungipicus canicapillus ssp. auritus
Date : 15 October 2017
Location : Pantai Leka, Mukim Parit Jawa, Daerah Muar, Johor