Japanese Green Woodpecker
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| Japanese Green Woodpecker | |
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| 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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Japanese Green Woodpecker (Picus awokera), also known as Japanese Woodpecker, 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.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Picus awokera. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
- "Picus awokera". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=554120. Retrieved 4 February 2006.
[edit] External links
- Japanese Woodpecker at Avibase
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