Sulawesi Pygmy Woodpecker

Yungipicus temminckii (Malherbe, 1849)

Picidae — Woodpeckers

Sulawesi Pygmy Woodpecker, Yungipicus temminckii, is a woodpecker of Sulawesi, with its breeding range also including the Togian Islands and Butung. It belongs to the family Picidae and was described by Malherbe in 1849. It is found in moist lowland forest and moist mountain forest across its range. Some taxonomic authorities still place it in Dendrocopos or Picoides.

Order
Piciformes
Family
Picidae — Woodpeckers
Breeding range
Australasia: Sulawesi, Togian Is. (between ne and ec Sulawesi) and Butung (=Buton; se of se Sulawesi)
Sulawesi Pygmy Woodpecker
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