Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker
Yungipicus moluccensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Picidae — Woodpeckers
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker, Yungipicus moluccensis, is a woodpecker of the Oriental Region, breeding in the Malay Peninsula and the Greater and Lesser Sundas. It occurs in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, and is placed in the family Picidae. It inhabits moist lowland forest, mangrove forest and moist montane forest. In Singapore it is a regular bird of towns and woodland. It is a small species with a greyish brown head, white wing markings, a short blackish tail with white bands, and males show a reddish orange crown.
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae — Woodpeckers
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: Malay Pen., Greater and Lesser Sundas
