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Amami woodpecker

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Amami woodpecker
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D. owstoni
Binomial name
Dendrocopos owstoni

The Amami woodpecker (Dendrocopos owstoni) is a bird in the Picidae family found only on Amami Ōshima in the Ryukyu Islands south of Japan. The species is confined to mature evergreen broadleaf forest in the hills of the island. It specialises in eating large wood-boring insects. It was previously considered conspecific with the white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos).[1]

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