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The Japanese pygmy woodpecker is 13–15 cm (5.1–5.9 in) long. The crown is grey-brown. A white supercilium starts above the eye and continues to the neck and breast. The ear coverts are brown, and there is a white moustachial stripe and a grey-brown malar stripe. The chin and throat are white. The mantle and back are dark brown, with white bars. The upperwing coverts and flight feathers are brownish-black and have white bars. The breast has a brownish suffusion. The breast, flank and belly have variable streaks. The tail is blackish, with white bars on its outer feathers.
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When to see the Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 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 Pygmy Woodpecker
The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
The Japanese pygmy woodpecker or simply pygmy woodpecker is a species of woodpecker. It is found in coniferous and deciduous forests in Russia, China, Korea and Japan. This species has also been placed in the genus Dendrocopos or Picoides. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed it as a least-concern species.
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Easily confused with
Brown-capped Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus nanusThe brown-capped pygmy woodpecker has brownish cap from the forehead to hindneck.
Sunda Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus moluccensisThis is a small woodpecker with an overall length of around 13 cm (5.1 in).
Philippine Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus maculatusThe Philippine pygmy woodpecker, also known as the Philippine woodpecker, is a species of bird in the woodpecker family (Picidae).
Side by side: Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker vs Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker · Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker vs Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker
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