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Japanese Green Woodpecker

Picus awokera

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicInvertebratesForestCavity nestMedium · 143 g
Japanese Green Woodpecker (Picus awokera), photo 1
Photo: IMORI MIHO · CC BY 4.0
Japanese Green Woodpecker (Picus awokera), photo 2
Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0
Japanese Green Woodpecker (Picus awokera), photo 3
Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0
Japanese Green Woodpecker (Picus awokera), photo 4
Photo: Ik T from Kanagawa, Japan · CC BY 2.0
Japanese Green Woodpecker (Picus awokera), photo 5
Photo: H yamaguchi · CC BY 2.0
Japanese Green Woodpecker (Picus awokera), photo 6
Photo: Ik T from Kanagawa, Japan · CC BY 2.0

ID tip

This species reaches about 30 cm in length, with bright green wings and tail, a red or black mustache and crown (as opposed to the black face of the green woodpecker), gray head, neck, and chest, and white underparts with black markings. The bill is yellow, the legs and feet are light gray colored. The iris is red. Voice: This woodpecker is loudly before and after the breeding season. Their known calls are an individually, loud and whip-crack-similar pijo, and a ket, ket with two syllables. They also drum, and these drumrolls are very fast and long.

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When to see the Japanese Green Woodpecker

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Japanese Green Woodpecker

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Japan

About the Japanese Green Woodpecker

Japanese green woodpecker or Japanese woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker similar and closely related to the European green woodpecker, but endemic to Japan.

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Easily confused with

Scaly-bellied Woodpecker (Picus squamatus) Scaly-bellied WoodpeckerPicus squamatusLarge, green woodpecker with distinct scaling from breast to vent. Crimson-winged Woodpecker (Picus puniceus) Crimson-winged WoodpeckerPicus puniceusThe crimson-winged woodpecker is a species of bird in the woodpecker family. Black-headed Woodpecker (Picus erythropygius) Black-headed WoodpeckerPicus erythropygiusThe black-headed woodpecker is a medium-sized bird at around 33 cm tall and 100-135g.

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