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Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker/ コゲラ or Pygmy Woodpecker, Yungipicus kizuki, コゲラ

The Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker or Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki) is a species of Woodpecker. It is found in coniferous and deciduous forests in Russia, China, North Korea, South Korea and Japan. This species has also been placed in the genus Dendrocopos or Picoides. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed it as a least-concern species.

Distribution and habitat
This Woodpecker is found in Korea, northeastern China, southeastern Siberia, Sakhalin, Japan and the Ryukyu Islands. It occurs up to 2,100 m in elevation, and its habitat consists of many types of coniferous and deciduous forests, including lowland, upland and riverine forests, and also parks and gardens.

Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker or Pygmy Woodpecker, Yungipicus kizuki, コゲラ

Range map
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Taxonomy
This species was described by Temminck in 1836. The IOC World Bird List recognizes the following subspecies:

• Yungipicus kizuki permutatus

• Y. k. seebohmi

• Y. k. nippon

• Y. k. shikokuensis

• Y. k. kizuki

• Y. k. matsudairai

• Y. k. kotataki

• Y. k. amamii

• Y. k. nigrescens

• Y. k. orii.

The species has also been placed in Dendrocopos and Picoides.

Description
The Japanese pygmy Woodpecker is 13–15 cm long. The crown is grey-brown. A white supercilium starts above the eye and continues to the neck and breast. The ear coverts are brown, and there are a white moustachial stripe and a grey-brown malar stripe. The chin and throat are white.

The mantle and back are dark brown, with white bars. The upperwing coverts and flight feathers are brownish-black and have white bars. The breast has a brownish suffusion. The breast, flank and belly have variable streaks.

The tail is blackish, with white bars on its outer feathers. The iris is chestnut, the beak is blackish and the legs are grey. The male has a small red mark on the side of its nape, and the female does not. The female's beak, wings and tail are longer than the male's.

The juvenile bird's throat is often streaked. The bird becomes smaller and darker from the north of its range to the south.

Length: 13 - 15 cm
Wingspan: cm
Weight: 18 - 26 g
Longevity: -
Distinctive Feature
Similar Species


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Listen to the Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker

Remarks from the Recordist

Recording with my ZOOM H5 Handy Recorder. High pass filter applied in Audacity

I was chasing a Meadow Bunting when I spotted this Woodpecker and I could make the recording.

The first sound is when the bird sitting in the tree. Then we hear a Japanese Bush Warbler and then the three last sounds is from the Pygmy Woodpecker flying away


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Behaviour
The Japanese pygmy Woodpecker occurs in pairs and mixed-species foraging flocks, eating invertebrates and berries.[6] Its calls are khit and kzz notes, and it drums weakly in short bursts. Breeding starts in March in southern Japan and in late May in northern Japan.

A nest hole is excavated in a dead branch. The eggs are white, measuring about 19 mm by 15 mm. Five to seven white eggs are laid and then incubated for 12 to 14 days. Fledging occurs after three weeks.

Status
The species has a large range and a stable population, so the IUCN has assessed it as a least-concern species.

Conservation status
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker or Pygmy Woodpecker, Yungipicus kizuki, コゲラ
Least ConcernIUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T22681072A92891790.
doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22681072A92891790.en. Retrieved 25 July 2017.



From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Sighted: (Date of first photo that I could use) 6 April 2019
Location: Miyagase Lake Park - Forest road along Hayato River


Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker or Pygmy Woodpecker, Yungipicus kizuki, コゲラ
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker/ コゲラ
Miyagase Lake Park - Forest road along Hayato River - 6 April 2019




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