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Sunda Woodpecker

Yungipicus moluccensis (Gmelin, JF 1788)

The Sunda pygmy woodpecker, also known as the Sunda woodpecker, is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. 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 moluccensis

Original description

Citation:
  (Gmelin, JF 1788)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Picus moluccensis

Type locality:
  Moluccas, = Malacca.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10285#page/451/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  BAC6337B553A0960

Avibase ID:
  avibase-BAC6337B

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/BAC6337B

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554034

Geographic range:

  • Yungipicus moluccensis moluccensis: Thailand and Malay Peninsula to Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and Riau Archipelago
  • Yungipicus moluccensis grandis: Lesser Sundas (Lombok, Lomblen, Sumbawa, Flores, Besar, and Alor)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Sunda Woodpecker
Catalan:
Picot garser indonesi
Czech:
strakapoud nejmenší
Danish:
Sundaflagspætte
German:
Braunscheitelspecht
Spanish:
Pico de la Sonda
Spanish (Spain):
Pico de La Sonda
Finnish:
ruskolakkitikka
French:
Pic nain
Croatian:
smeđokapi djetlić
Italian:
Picchio della Sonda
Japanese (romaji):
mare-kogera
Japanese:
マレーコゲラ
Lithuanian:
Malaizinis margasis genys
Dutch:
Bruinkapspecht
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Sundaspett
Norwegian:
Sundaspett
Polish:
dzięcioł orientalny
Portuguese:
piquinho-da-sunda
Portuguese (Portugal):
pica-pau-das-sundas
Russian:
Зондский острокрылый дятел
Slovak:
ďateľ ostrokrídly
Serbian:
Sundski detlić
Swedish:
sundaspett
Ukrainian:
дятел малазійський
Chinese:
巽他啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
巽他斑啄木

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Sunda Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Sunda Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Sunda Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Sunda Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Picoides moluccensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Picoides moluccensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Picoides moluccensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Picoides moluccensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Picoides moluccensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Picoides moluccensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Picoides moluccensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Picoides moluccensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Picoides moluccensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Picoides moluccensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Picoides moluccensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Picoides moluccensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Picoides moluccensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Pic nain ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Brown-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 2]
Clements, version 2021:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Brown-capped Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Sunda Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Sunda Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Brown-capped Woodpecker (Sunda) ( Dendrocopos moluccensis [moluccensis Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Brown-capped Woodpecker (Sunda) ( Dendrocopos moluccensis [moluccensis Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Sunda Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Sunda Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Picoides moluccensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Picoides moluccensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Picoides moluccensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Picoides moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Yungipicus moluccensis) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Sunda Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos moluccensis) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Dendrocopos moluccensis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

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

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Related taxa

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Catalan: Picot garser de les Moluques, Picot garser indonesi
Czech: strakapoud nejmenší
Danish: Sundaflagspætte
German: Braunscheitelspecht
English: Brown-capped Woodpecker, Brown-capped Woodpecker (Sunda), Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker, Sunda Woodpecker
English, HBW: Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker
English (India): Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker
English (IOC): Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker
English (United States): Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker, Sunda Woodpecker
Esperanto: Sunda buntpego
Spanish: Pico de la Sonda
Spanish (Spain): Pico de La Sonda
Spanish (HBW): Sunda Woodpecker
Estonian: džungli-kirjurähn
Finnish: ruskolakkitikka
French: Pic nain, Pic nain (moluccensis)
Croatian: smeđokapi djetlić
Indonesian: Burung Caladi Titik, Caladi tilik
Italian: Picchio della Sonda
Japanese (romaji): marē ko-gera, mare-kogera
Japanese: マレーコゲラ
Japanese (Kanji): マレー小啄木鳥
Scientific: Dendrocopos moluccensis, Dendrocopos moluccensis [moluccensis Group], Dendrocopos moluccensis moluccensis, Picoides mollucensis, Picoides moluccensis, Picus moluccensis, Picus sondaicus, Yungipicus moluccensis
Lithuanian: Malaizinis margasis genys
Malay: Burung Belatok Belacan Kecil, Burung Belatuk Belacan, Burung Belatuk Kecil Kepala Coklat
Dutch: Bruinkapspecht
Norwegian Nynorsk: Sundaspett
Norwegian: Sundaspett
Polish: dzięcioł orientalny
Pinyin: hè-tóu bān zhuó-mù-niǎo, hè-tóu zhuó-mù-niǎo, xùntā zhuó-mù-niǎo
Portuguese: piquinho-da-sunda
Portuguese (Portugal): pica-pau-das-sundas
Russian: Зондский острокрылый дятел, Малайзийский дятел
Slovak: ďateľ ostrokrídly
Serbian: Sundski detlić
Swedish: sundaspett
Thai: นกหัวขวานด่างแคระปักษ์ใต้
Thai (Transliteration): nók hŭa-kʰwăan dàaŋ kʰráe pàk-tây
Turkish: Sunda ağaçkakanı
Ukrainian: дятел малазійський
Chinese: 巽他啄木鸟, 褐头啄木鸟, 褐头斑啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 巽他啄木鳥, 巽他斑啄木, 褐頭啄木鳥, 褐頭斑啄木鳥

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