The Gray-capped Woodpecker is a tiny woodpecker, only about 5.5–6.3 in (14–16 cm) long, found across the Himalayas, China, and Southeast Asia. It doesn't live in the US. It's also known as the Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker.
Appearance
- Appearance
- A small, dark woodpecker with black-and-white barred back, a dark gray crown, a bold black eye stripe, and broad white eyebrow and cheeks. The underside is buff with dark streaks. Males have a red patch on the back of the head.
Where it lives
- Typical habitats
- Forests
- Mountain forests
- Mangroves
- Scrub
- Range
- Found in the Himalayas, Manchuria, China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, with one subspecies on the Korean Peninsula. It is not found in the wild in North America.
- Preferred conditions
- Lives in lowland and mountain forests, mangroves, scrub, and wooded farmland, from sea level up to about 9,800 ft (3,000 m).
Behavior
- Diet
- Picks insects and other small invertebrates from tree bark.
Conservation
- IUCN Red List
- LCLeast ConcernLow risk of extinction
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