Japanese Green Woodpecker (Picus awokera) — Least Concern Aves

Japanese Green Woodpecker

Picus awokera

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Aves · 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

External Data Sources

Recent sightings on iNaturalist IUCN Red List profile

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