Grey-capped Woodpecker
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Grey-capped Woodpecker

Yungipicus canicapillus

Insufficient data
overall probability at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary
2 Verified records at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The grey-capped pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus canicapillus) 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. This is a small, dark woodpecker with dark irides. Barred black and white above, it usually has unbarred central tail feathers. Its dark buff underside has prominent dark streaking. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary

Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker

Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Yungipicus moluccensis

<5% · Rare
Great Slaty Woodpecker
VU

Great Slaty Woodpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Mulleripicus pulverulentus

5–10% · With luck
White-bellied Woodpecker
LC

White-bellied Woodpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dryocopus javensis

5–10% · With luck
Rufous Piculet
LC

Rufous Piculet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Sasia abnormis

5–10% · With luck
Banded Woodpecker
LC

Banded Woodpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Chrysophlegma miniaceum

5–10% · With luck
Rufous Woodpecker
LC

Rufous Woodpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Micropternus brachyurus

5–10% · With luck
Gray-and-buff Woodpecker
LC

Gray-and-buff Woodpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Hemicircus concretus

5–10% · With luck
Buff-necked Woodpecker
NT

Buff-necked Woodpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Meiglyptes tukki

<5% · Rare
Maroon Woodpecker
LC

Maroon Woodpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Blythipicus rubiginosus

<5% · Rare
White-rumped Woodpecker
EN

White-rumped Woodpecker

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Meiglyptes tristis

<5% · Rare
Orange-Backed Woodpecker

Orange-Backed Woodpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Reinwardtipicus validus

<5% · Rare
Common Flameback
LC

Common Flameback

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dinopium javanense

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Grey-capped Woodpecker at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary — 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 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
30–40%
2 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
20–30%
3 Ba Be National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
20–30%
4 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
5 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
20–30%
6 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
20–30%
7 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
10–20%
8 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
10–20%
9 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
10–20%
10 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
11 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
5–10%
12 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
13 Khangchendzonga National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
14 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
15 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
16 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
17 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
18 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
19 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
20 Langtang National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data
21 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
22 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
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