Indian Pygmy Woodpecker (Picoides nanus) - BirdLife species factsheet

Indian Pygmy Woodpecker Picoides nanus

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Picoides nanus (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously placed in the genus Dendrocopos.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	14 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	3,360,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	increasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	5.2 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be uncommon to locally common in most of its range (del Hoyo et al. 2002).

Trend justification: The population has increased locally owing to the opening up of forested areas (del Hoyo et al. 2002).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Breeding visitor
India	extant	native	yes
Nepal	extant	native	yes
Sri Lanka	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 1200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Indian Pygmy Woodpecker Picoides nanus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/indian-pygmy-woodpecker-picoides-nanus on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.