Okinawa Woodpecker (Sapheopipo noguchii) photo
A female on the side of a tree leaning back to look for the nearby male.
- Recorded 30 May 2009
- Added to IBC 44 weeks 5 hours ago
- Daniel Smith
- Locality Okinawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species).
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I was guiding a group of six people from Taiwan for a two day tour of northern Okinawa. We were able to get all the target species including great views of several Okinawa Woodpeckers chasing each other through secondary growth in the town of Oku.