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Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker

Yungipicus canicapillus (Blyth, E 1845)

The grey-capped pygmy woodpecker is an Asian bird species of the woodpecker family (Picidae). It has a subspecies, Yungipicus canicapillus doerriesi, located primarily in Manchuria, eastern Siberia, and Korea. Some taxonomic authorities continue to place this species in the genus Dendrocopos or Picoides. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Picidae
Genus:
   Yungipicus
Scientific:
  Yungipicus canicapillus

Original description

Citation:
  (Blyth, E 1845)

Reference:
   J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 14, pt.1, no.159 p.197

Protonym:
  Picus canicapillus

Type locality:
  Arakan; type from Ramree Island.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/124012#page/365/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  5A4F2DF69ADE33D1

Avibase ID:
  avibase-5A4F2DF6

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/5A4F2DF6

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554035

Geographic range:

  • Yungipicus canicapillus: lowland to submontane forest, open woodland, scrub, and mangroves, from northeastern Pakistan and northwestern India eastward through Himalayan foothills to southern China and Taiwan, northwards to Ussuriland (Russia) and Korea, and southward through southeastern Asia to Sumatra, Borneo, and some adjacent islands
  • Yungipicus canicapillus canicapillus: eastern Assam, Bangladesh to central and southern Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos
  • Yungipicus canicapillus doerriesi: eastern Siberia (Ussuriland) to Korea and eastern Manchuria
  • Yungipicus canicapillus scintilliceps: eastern and central China (Liaoning to Sichuan and Zhejiang)
  • Yungipicus canicapillus [kaleensis]: southwestern China (Sichuan to Fujian) to northern Myanmar and northern Indochina; Taiwan
  • Yungipicus canicapillus swinhoei: Hainan (southern China)
  • Yungipicus canicapillus semicoronatus: far eastern Nepal to western Assam
  • Yungipicus canicapillus mitchellii: western Nepal to northwestern India and northern Pakistan
  • Yungipicus canicapillus delacouri: southeastern Thailand, Cambodia, and Cochinchina
  • Yungipicus canicapillus auritus: southern Thailand and Malay Peninsula
  • Yungipicus canicapillus volzi: Sumatra, Riau Archipelago, and Nias Island
  • Yungipicus canicapillus aurantiiventris: Borneo
  • Show more...
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Grey-capped Woodpecker
Afrikaans:
Gryswangspeg
Azerbaijani:
Bozbaş cırtdan ağacdələn
Bulgarian:
Сивочел малък кълвач
Bengali:
মেটেটুপি কাঠকুড়ালি
Catalan:
Picot garser frontgrís
Czech:
strakapoud šedotemenný
Danish:
Gråisset Flagspætte
German:
Grauscheitelspecht
Esperanto:
grizĉapa pego
Spanish:
Pico Crestigrís
Spanish (Spain):
Pico Crestigrís
Estonian:
hallkiird-kirjurähn
Finnish:
aasianpikkutikka
French:
Pic à coiffe grise
Croatian:
sivokapi djetlić
Indonesian:
Caladi Belacan
Italian:
Picchio capogrigio
Japanese (romaji):
haigashirakogera
Japanese:
ハイガシラコゲラ
Korean:
아물쇠딱다구리
Lithuanian:
Pilkagalvis margasis genys
Latvian:
pelēkgalvas dzenis
Nepali:
फुस्रोटाउके काष्ठकूट
Dutch:
Grijskapspecht
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Akrobatspett
Norwegian:
Akrobatspett
Polish:
dzięcioł drobny
Portuguese:
Pica-pau-de-boina-cinzenta
Portuguese (Portugal):
pica-pau-de-barrete-cinzento
Russian:
Большой острокрылый дятел
Slovak:
ďateľ šedivý
Serbian:
Veliki oštrokrili detlić
Swedish:
gråkronad hackspett
Thai:
นกหัวขวานด่างแคระ
Turkish:
Gri başlı ağaçkakan
Ukrainian:
Дятел сіролобий
Chinese:
星头啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
小啄木

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
Avilist 2025:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Picoides canicapillus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Picoides canicapillus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Picoides canicapillus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Picoides canicapillus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Picoides canicapillus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Picoides canicapillus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Picoides canicapillus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Picoides canicapillus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Picoides canicapillus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Picoides canicapillus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Picoides canicapillus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Picoides canicapillus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Picoides canicapillus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Picoides canicapillus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Pic à coiffe grise ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Pic à coiffe grise ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Gray-headed Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Gray-headed Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 4]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 4]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 4]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 4]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 4]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 4]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 4]
Clements 6th edition:
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 4]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 4]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 4]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 4]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 4]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 4]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 4]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 4]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 4]
Clements, version 2015:
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 4]
Clements, version 2016:
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 4]
Clements, version 2017:
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 4]
Clements, version 2018:
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 4]
Clements, version 2019:
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 4]
eBird version 1.50:
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Picoides canicapillus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Picoides canicapillus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Picoides canicapillus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Picoides canicapillus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Picoides canicapillus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Picoides canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus canicapillus) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Gray-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Dendrocopos canicapillus
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Dendrocopos canicapillus
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Dendrocopos canicapillus
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Grey-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos canicapillus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Dendrocopos canicapillus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Dendrocopos canicapillus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Yungipicus [canicapillus or kizuki] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Afrikaans: Gryswangspeg
Azerbaijani: Bozbaş cırtdan ağacdələn
Bulgarian: Сивочел малък кълвач
Bengali: মেটেটুপি কাঠকুড়ালি, হভমটটুচ঩ কাঠকুড়াচর
Bengali (Bangladesh): ধূসরটুপি ছোট কাঠঠোকরা
Bengali (India): ধূসরটুপি ছোট কাঠঠোকরা
Bengali (transliteration): mēṭēṭupi kāṭhakuṛāli
Catalan: Picot garser frontgrís
Czech: Strakapoud šedotemenný
Welsh: Cnocell gorunllwyd
Danish: Gråisset Flagspætte
German: Grauscheitelspecht
English: Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker, Gray-capped Woodpecker, Gray-crowned Pygmy Woodpecker, Gray-headed Pied Woodpecker, Gray-headed Pygmy Woodpecker, Gray-headed Woodpecker, Grey crown pigmy woodpecker, Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker, Grey-capped Woodpecker, Grey-crowned Pygmy Woodpecker, Grey-crowned woodpecker, Grey-headed Pied Woodpecker, Grey-headed Pygmy Woodpecker, Grey-headed Woodpecker, Malabar Pygmy Woodpecker, Pygmy Woodpecker
English (Avilist): Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
English, HBW: Grey-capped Woodpecker
English (India): Grey-capped Woodpecker (Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker)
English (IOC): Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
English (United States): Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker, Gray-capped Woodpecker
Esperanto: grizĉapa pego, Grizkrona buntpego
Spanish: Carpintero de Capote Gris, Pico Crestigrís
Spanish (Spain): Pico Crestigrís
Spanish (HBW): Gray-capped Woodpecker
Estonian: hallkiird-kirjurähn
Finnish: Aasianpikkutikka
French: Pic à coiffe grise, Pic pygmée
French (Guyane): Pic à coiffe grise
Frisian: Griiskrúnspjocht
Galician: Peto de barrete cinza
Hindi: स्लेटी सिर कठफोड़वा
Croatian: sivokapi djetlić
Indonesian: Burung Caladi Belacan, Caladi Belacan
Italian: Picchio capogrigio, Picchio testacanuta, Picchio testagrigia
Japanese (romaji): haigashirakogera, se-guro ko-gera, segurokogera
Japanese: セグロコゲラ, ハイガシラコゲラ
Japanese (Kanji): 背黒小啄木鳥
Mongolian, Halh: гурван хумст тоншуул, гурванхумст овууна
Korean: 아물쇠딱다구리, 아물쇠딱따구리
Korean (Transliteration): amul-soe-ttakdaguri
Scientific: Dendrocopos canicapillus, Dendrocopos canicapillus canicapillus, Dendrocopus canicapillus, Picoides canicapillus, Picus canicapillus, Picus trisuliensis, Yungipicus canicapillus
Lithuanian: Pilkagalvis margasis genys
Latvian: pelēkgalvas dzenis
Mongolian: гурван хумст тоншуул, гурван хуруут овууна, гурван хуруут тоншуул, гурванхумст овууна
Malay: Belatuk, Burung Belatok Belacan, Burung Belatuk Kasturi, Burung Belatuk Kecil Kepala Kelabu
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): гурван хуруут овууна, гурван хуруут тоншуул
Nepali: फुस्रोटाउके काष्ठकूट
Nepali (India): फुस्रोटाउके काष्ठकूट
Dutch: Grijskapspecht, Grijskruinspecht, Kleine Grijskapspecht
Norwegian Nynorsk: Akrobatspett
Norwegian: Akrobatspett
Punjabi: ਸਲੇਟੀ-ਸਿਰ ਕੱਠਫੋੜਾ
Polish: dzieciol drobny, dzięcioł drobny
Pinyin: běi zhuó-mù-niǎo, hóng xīng-tóu pēn-dǎ-mù, hóng-diǎn pēn-dǎ-mù, hóng-xīng zhuó-mù, xiǎo liè, xiǎo pēn-dǎ-mù, xiǎo zhuó-mù, xīng-bān-tóu zhuó-mù-niǎo, xīng-tóu zhuó-mù-niǎo, yī diǎn hóng
Portuguese: Pica-pau-de-boina-cinzenta
Portuguese (Portugal): pica-pau-de-barrete-cinzento
Rhaeto-Romance: Pitgalain dal frunt grisch
Russian: Большой острокрылый дятел, Дятел большой острокрылый, Малый сероголовый дятел, Острокрылый дятел
Slovak: ďateľ šedivý
Serbian: Veliki oštrokrili detlić
Swedish: Gråkronad brokspett, Gråkronad hackspett
Thai: นกหัวขวานด่างแคระ
Thai (Transliteration): nók hŭa-kʰwăan dàaŋ kʰráe
Turkish: Gri başlı ağaçkakan, Gri kepli ağaçkakan
Ukrainian: Дятел сіролобий
Vietnamese: Chim Gõ kiến nhỏ đầu xám, Gõ kiến nhỏ đầu xám
Chinese: 一点红, 北啄木鸟, 小, 小啄木 , 小喷打木, 小裂, 星头啄木鸟, 星斑头啄木鸟, 红星啄木, 红星头喷打木, 红点喷打木
Chinese (Hong Kong): 星頭啄木鳥
Chinese (Traditional): 一點紅, 北啄木鳥, 小啄木, 小啄木〔星頭啄木〕, 小噴打木, 小裂, 小鴷, 星斑頭啄木鳥, 星頭啄木鳥, 紅星啄木, 紅星頭噴打木, 紅點噴打木
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 小啄木
Chinese (Taiwan): 小啄木

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