| Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Yungipicus |
| Species: | Y. nanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Yungipicus nanus (Vigors, 1832)
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| Synonyms | |
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Picoides nanus | |
The brown-capped pygmy woodpecker or Indian pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus nanus) is a species of very small woodpecker found in Nepal, India and Sri Lanka. Some taxonomic authorities continue to place this species in the genus Dendrocopos or Picoides.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Picoides nanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22681060A92891080. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22681060A92891080.en. Retrieved 18 December 2023.