Brown Capped Pygmy Woodpecker (6953274828)

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Description: THIS WOODPECKER WAS DIFFICULT TO SPOT BEING VERY SMALL AND VERY WELL CAMOUFLAGED. HIDING BEHIND A BRANCH AND PINE CONES IN TYPICAL WOODPECKER FASHION, SOMETIMES PEEKING FROM BEHIND. THE MOVEMENT CAUGHT MY EYE AND I WAS DELIGHTED TO CAPTURE THIS RARE SPECIES. The Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Dendrocopos Nanus) is a species of woodpecker found in Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka. A small brown and white woodpecker with distinctive pink-rimmed white irises. Barred brown and white above, lightly streaked dirty white below. Tail spotted white. Paler brown crown (edged red in male) and eyestripes contrasting with white supercilia and cheeks. BirdLife International (2009). "Dendrocopos nanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 5 December 2011. Date: 6 April 2012, 11:14. Source: Brown Capped Pygmy Woodpecker. Author: Antony Grossy from Conoor, Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu State, India, India. Camera location11° 21′ 38.1″ N, 76° 47′ 15.83″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 11.360583; 76.787730.