White-browed Piculet

Sasia ochracea Hodgson, 1837

≈9.7 cmLength9.7 gWeight

This small woodpecker reaches about 10 cm at most, with a single white stripe above the eye and only three toes.

Busiest months: February–March and December · Most records: Thailand, India, Vietnam

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

A single white stripe from above the eye to behind it
Eye-ring of pink or red bare skin
Cinnamon or rufous underparts
Olive upperparts with a chestnut wash; green crown

Male, female and young

The male has a single small golden-yellow forehead patch, absent in the female; juveniles are darker, with greener upperparts and grayer underparts.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: February–March and December · Most records: Thailand, India, Vietnam

White-browed Piculet has been recorded at 173 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 10 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Garbhanga Reserve ForestIndia382 records
Kaeng Krachan NPThailand238 records
Dihing Patkai NP – SoraipungIndia212 records

More places

Cat Tien NPVietnam195 records
Kaeng Krachan NP – Panoen Thung (upper elevation) vicinityThailand137 records
Dihing Patkai NP – SoraipungIndia125 records
Taksin Maharat NP – headquarters vicinityThailand89 records
LonghengChina87 records
Kaeng Krachan NP – stream crossings 1–3Thailand86 records
Kaeng Krachan NP – km 27 vicinityThailand74 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Thailand India Vietnam China Bangladesh Bhutan Cambodia Laos

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The white-browed piculet (Sasia ochracea) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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