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.
| Japanese green woodpecker | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Picus |
| Species: | P. awokera
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| Picus awokera Temminck, 1836
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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 edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Picus awokera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22681459A92908107. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22681459A92908107.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
External links edit
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- Japanese woodpecker at Avibase
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