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Name: Gray-headed Pygmy Woodpecker
Subject: Name: Gray-headed Pygmy Woodpecker
Source: http://www.birdingintaiwan.org/bluegate/birds.ht...
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Name: Gray-headed Pygmy Woodpecker


Name: Gray-headed Pygmy Woodpecker
Scientific: Dendrocopos canicapillus
Class: PICIFORMES 鴷形目
Picidae 啄木鳥科
Status: Common
Description: Gray-headed Pygmy Woodpecker is a small woodpecker with black and white mixed spots. Male: back is mostly black, head is slightly gray, behind eyes and ear coverts have indistinct red spots, back and rump are barred with white horizontal stripes; outer tail is white with black-brown horizontal bands. Female: similar to males but nape does not have red spots.
Habits: Gray-headed Pygmy Woodpecker is a resident in Taiwan. It appears in deciduous forests and coniferous forests at low altitudes. It often climbs onto tree branches in a spiral. It makes the monotonic sharp calls of “bi, bi, bi” frequently.

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