Japanese green woodpecker
| Japanese green woodpecker | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Picus |
| Species: | P. awokera |
| Binomial name | |
| Picus awokera Temminck, 1836 | |
Japanese green woodpecker or Japanese woodpecker (Picus awokera) is a medium-sized woodpecker similar and closely related to the European green woodpecker, but endemic to Japan.
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 Japanese green woodpecker is divided into at least two subspecies:
The binomial is a reference to the Japanese name of the species, aogera.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Picus awokera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Picus awokera. |
- "Picus awokera". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 February 2006.
- Japanese woodpecker at Avibase
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