Brown-capped Woodpecker
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Brown-capped Woodpecker

Yungipicus nanus

Insufficient data
overall probability at Horton Plains National Park
1 Verified records at Horton Plains National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The brown-capped pygmy woodpecker or Indian pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus nanus) is a species of very small woodpecker found in Nepal, India and Sri Lanka. Some taxonomic authorities continue to place this species in the genus Dendrocopos or Picoides. This species is non-migratory and often spotted in pairs or small family groups. They are known for being very active and are not often spotted, despite their constant foraging in the tree canopy. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Horton Plains National Park

Crimson-backed Flameback
LC

Crimson-backed Flameback

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Chrysocolaptes stricklandi

30–40% · Possible
Streak-throated Woodpecker
LC

Streak-throated Woodpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Picus xanthopygaeus

<5% · Rare
Lesser Yellownape
LC

Lesser Yellownape

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Picus chlorolophus

<5% · Rare
Lesser Sri Lanka Flameback
LC

Lesser Sri Lanka Flameback

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dinopium psarodes

<5% · Rare
Yellow-fronted Barbet
LC

Yellow-fronted Barbet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Psilopogon flavifrons

5–10% · Rare
Crimson-fronted Barbet
LC

Crimson-fronted Barbet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Psilopogon rubricapillus

<5% · Rare
Brown-headed Barbet
LC

Brown-headed Barbet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Psilopogon zeylanicus

Insufficient data
Coppersmith Barbet
LC

Coppersmith Barbet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Psilopogon haemacephalus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Brown-capped Woodpecker at Horton Plains National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
2 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
20–30%
3 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
4 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
5 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
6 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
7 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
8 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
9 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
10–20%
10 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
11 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
5–10%
12 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
5–10%
13 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
5–10%
14 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%
15 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
16 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
17 Eravikulam National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
18 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
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