Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Japanese Woodpecker (Picus awokera) - HBW 7, p. 541
French: Pic awokéra
German: Japangrünspecht
Spanish: Pito Japonés
Other common names: Japanese Green Woodpecker, Wavy-bellied Woodpecker
Taxonomy: Picus awokera Temminck, 1826, Honshu.
Three races often recognized: large and pale awokera (Honshu and nearby islands), smaller and darker horii (Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima) and smallest and darkest takatsukasae (Tanegashima, Yakushima). These, however, simply reflect a cline of decreasing size and increasing plumage darkness from N to S, and division into geographical races seems unjustified. Monotypic.
Distribution: Japan, from Honshu S to Shikoku, Kyushu, Yakushima and Tanegashima, and including offshore islands of Tobishima, Awashima, Sado and Tsushima.
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male sticks head outside hole, cocks head, hears approaching workers, waits outside hole for quick flight escape Locality Rokko Mountain Range, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Charles McHugh 26 January 2011 2 years ago 44 sec 4.4 -
A male on a trunk, feeding. Locality Miike, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 January 2010 2 years ago 41 sec 4.4 -
Alert male woodpecker takes flight from approaching forest workers Locality Rokko Mountain Range, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Charles McHugh 26 January 2011 2 years ago 45 sec 4.3 -
A female on a dead trunk, looking around and finally flying away. Locality Miike, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 January 2010 2 years ago 34 sec 4.2 -
male excavates tree core for future nest Locality Rokko Mountain Range, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Charles McHugh 26 January 2011 2 years ago 23 sec 4 -
A male on a trunk, shaking the plumage, preening and scratching its head. Locality Miike, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 January 2010 2 years ago 29 sec 3.5
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A bird on a tree.
Locality Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Aleix Comas 31 December 2009 3 years ago 3.2 -
A male on a trunk.
Locality Miike, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan
Josep del Hoyo 28 January 2010 2 years ago 2.7
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