Sulu pygmy woodpecker

Sulu pygmy woodpecker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Yungipicus
Species:
Y. ramsayi
Binomial name
Yungipicus ramsayi
Hargitt, 1881
Synonyms

Picoides ramsayi
Dendrocopos ramsayi (Hargitt, 1881)

The Sulu pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus ramsayi), also known as the Sulu woodpecker, is a species of bird in the family Picidae. Formerly lumped with the Philippine pygmy woodpecker (Y. maculatus), it seems to form a superspecies with this and the Sulawesi pygmy woodpecker (Y. temminckii). Some taxonomic authorities continue to place this species in the genus Dendrocopos or Picoides.

It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forest, tropical mangrove forest, and arable land. It is threatened by habitat loss.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Picoides ramsayi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. IUCN: e.T22681052A116896688. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22681052A116896688.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.