Indian Pygmy Woodpecker Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Picoides nanus
Family : Picidae
Order : Piciformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Villages
Description : Indian Pygmy Woodpecker is a small brown and white woodpecker with distinctive pink-rimmed white irises.Barred brown and white above and lightly streaked dirty white below.Tail spotted with white color.Paler brown crown edged red in male.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Gecinulus grantia
(Pale‑headed Woodpecker) -
Picus xanthopygaeus
(Streak‑throated Woodpecker) -
Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
(Greater Flameback) -
Leiopicus mahrattensis
(Yellow-crowned Woodpecker) -
Micropternus brachyurus
(Rufous Woodpecker) -
Dinopium javanense
(Common Goldenback) -
Picoides canicapillus
(Grey‑capped Pygmy Woodpecker) -
Dinopium shorii
(Himalayan Goldenback) -
Dinopium benghalense
(Lesser Goldenback) -
Blythipicus pyrrhotis
(Bay Woodpecker)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Hajbun Tasnim Preety,Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka;information source:www.en.wikipedia.org, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Antony Grossy (www.inaturalist.org/people/Antony Grossy ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;more information, please contact us.
description written by:Hajbun Tasnim Preety,Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka;information source:www.en.wikipedia.org, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Antony Grossy (www.inaturalist.org/people/Antony Grossy ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;more information, please contact us.