Grey-capped pygmy woodpecker

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| image = Pygmy_Woodpecker_মেটেটুপি_কাঠকুড়ালি.jpg

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |title=Picoides canicapillus |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |page=e.T22681068A92891484 |year=2016 |access-date=23 May 2021}}

| genus = Yungipicus

| species = canicapillus

| authority = (Blyth, 1845)

| synonyms = Picoides canicapillus
Dryobates semicoronatus
Dendrocopus canicapillus

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.hbw.com/subspecies/picoides-canicapillus-doerriesi |title=Picoides canicapillus doerriesi |work=Handbook of the Birds of the World |access-date=6 November 2015}} Some taxonomic authorities continue to place this species in the genus Dendrocopos or Picoides.

File:Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Dendrocopus canicapillus) at Jayanti, Duars, West Bengal W IMG 5275.jpg in the Buxa Tiger Reserve]]

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. The dark grey crown (with a red nape in males), strong black eyestripes, and thin dark malar stripes contrast with broad white supercilia and cheeks.

Its range extends from the Himalayas and Manchuria to Southeast Asia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.