Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Pygmy Woodpecker (Dendrocopos kizuki) - HBW 7, p. 475
French: Pic kisuki
German: Kizukispecht
Spanish: Pico Kizuki
Other common names: Japanese Pygmy/Spotted Woodpecker, Japanese Woodpecker(!)
Taxonomy: Picus kizuki Temminck, 1835, Kyushu.
Genus sometimes merged into Picoides. Has been thought to form a superspecies with D. canicapillus, although their ranges overlap rather extensively in NE Asia. Varies clinally, becoming smaller and darker from N to S. Described mainland races permutatus (Sidemi, in Ussuriland), wilderi (NE Hebei) and acutirostris (E Korea), and island races kurilensis (Kuril Is), nippon (Honshu), shikokuensis (SHonshu and Shikoku), matsudairai (Izu Is), kotataki (Oki and Tsushima), nigrescens (Okinawa) and orii (Iriomote in S.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Picus kizuki Temminck, 1835, Kyushu.
Genus sometimes merged into Picoides. Has been thought to form a superspecies with D. canicapillus, although their ranges overlap rather extensively in NE Asia. Varies clinally, becoming smaller and darker from N to S. Described mainland races permutatus (Sidemi, in Ussuriland), wilderi (NE Hebei) and acutirostris (E Korea), and island races kurilensis (Kuril Is), nippon (Honshu), shikokuensis (SHonshu and Shikoku), matsudairai (Izu Is), kotataki (Oki and Tsushima), nigrescens (Okinawa) and orii (Iriomote in S Ryukyus), all considered insufficiently distinct. Four subspecies recognized.
Genus sometimes merged into Picoides. Has been thought to form a superspecies with D. canicapillus, although their ranges overlap rather extensively in NE Asia. Varies clinally, becoming smaller and darker from N to S. Described mainland races permutatus (Sidemi, in Ussuriland), wilderi (NE Hebei) and acutirostris (E Korea), and island races kurilensis (Kuril Is), nippon (Honshu), shikokuensis (SHonshu and Shikoku), matsudairai (Izu Is), kotataki (Oki and Tsushima), nigrescens (Okinawa) and orii (Iriomote in S Ryukyus), all considered insufficiently distinct. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ijimae (Takatsukasa, 1922) - SE Siberia (S Ussuriland) and Sakhalin S to NE Korea, N Japan (Hokkaido) and S Kuril Is.
- seebohmi (Hargitt, 1884) - Korea (except NE), Quelpart I (Cheju-do) and Honshu.
- kizuki (Temminck, 1835) - NE China (S to Shandong), and S Japan including Tsushima, Shikoku, Kyushu, Izu Is, and S Ryukyu Is (S to Iriomote).
- amamii (Kuroda, 1922) - Amami and Tokunoshima in N Ryukyus.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A close-up of a female on a feeder. Locality Shukunitai Wild Bird Sanctuary, Nemuro Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp ijimae)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 27 sec 4.5 -
A female feeding on a feeder, then flying away. Locality Shukunitai Wild Bird Sanctuary, Nemuro Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp ijimae)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 21 sec 4.5 -
A female perched on a branch, under snowy weather. Locality Yuyado Daiichi Spa Ressort, Shibetsu District, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp ijimae)
Josep del Hoyo 7 February 2010 2 years ago 22 sec 4.4 -
A female on a feeder and flying away. Locality Shukunitai Wild Bird Sanctuary, Nemuro Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp ijimae)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 19 sec 4.2 -
Bird on dead tree digging and eating insects in winter in wind Locality Rokko Mountain Range, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Charles McHugh 26 January 2011 2 years ago 46 sec 4 -
A female perched on a post, under snowy weather. Locality Yuyado Daiichi Spa Ressort, Shibetsu District, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp ijimae)
Josep del Hoyo 7 February 2010 2 years ago 21 sec 4
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A female attending a feeder.
Locality Shukunitai Wild Bird Sanctuary, Nemuro Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp ijimae)
Jordi Sargatal 6 February 2010 10 weeks ago 4 -
A female foraging on a tree.
Locality Maioka Park, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp seebohmi)
Josep del Hoyo 23 January 2010 2 years ago 4 -
Adult feeding
Locality Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
kawasemi 31 December 2012 19 weeks ago 3.6 -
A close-up of the head of a female.
Locality Shukunitai Wild Bird Sanctuary, Nemuro Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp ijimae)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 3.5 -
A bird on a trunk
Locality Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp seebohmi)
Aleix Comas 31 December 2009 3 years ago 3.5 -
Feeding observed, probably an adult feeding a fledgling.
Locality Okinawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp nigrescens)
Daniel Smith 30 May 2009 1 year ago 3.4
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A bird giving several of its distinctive, buzzy calls. Locality Meiji Jingu Park, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
(ssp seebohmi)
Josep del Hoyo 10 February 2010 2 years ago 4 -
Buzzing call made while foraging along a tree branch Locality Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
(ssp seebohmi)
Joe Angseesing 15 March 2009 3 years ago 2.5 -
Irregular tapping at a tree-trunk Locality Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
(ssp seebohmi)
Joe Angseesing 15 March 2009 3 years ago 2
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