Japanese Green Woodpecker
Picus awokera
Least ConcernAves · Piciformes · Picidae
About
Japanese green woodpecker or Japanese woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker similar and closely related to the European green woodpecker, but endemic to Japan.
Fun Fact
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.
Quick Facts
Habitat
Live in the north in open mixed forests, in the south in warm-temperate evergreen forests, but also in parks and gardens.
Diet
Eats ants from the genera Lasius, Formica, Camponotus and Crematogaster, in addition to bugs, beetles, beetle larvae and spiders.
Lifespan
To be updated
Threats
- Habitat Change
- Human Disturbance