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title: "Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker"
description: "Yungipicus moluccensis — Birds. The Sunda pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus moluccensis), also known as the Sunda woodpecker, is a species of bird in the family Picidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/sunda-pygmy-woodpecker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker

> Yungipicus moluccensis — Birds. The Sunda pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus moluccensis), also known as the Sunda woodpecker, is a species of bird in the family Picidae.

- Scientific name: *Yungipicus moluccensis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1527
- Wikidata: [Q27074880](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27074880)
- iNaturalist taxon: [792950](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/792950)

## Names

- en: Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker
- de: Braunscheitelspecht
- es: Pico de la Sonda
- fr: Pic nain
- it: Picchio della Sonda
- nl: Bruinkapspecht
- pl: Dzięcioł orientalny

## Countries with the most observations

SG (808), ID (330), MY (227), TH (18), BN (9)

## Summary

The Sunda pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus moluccensis), also known as the Sunda woodpecker, is a species of bird in the family Picidae.  It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. Some taxonomic authorities continue to place this species in the genus Dendrocopos or Picoides.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunda_pygmy_woodpecker

## Photo

![Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sunda-pygmy-woodpecker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34869738

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sunda-pygmy-woodpecker?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).