- English Common Name
- Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
- Scientific name
- Dendrocopos kizuki nigrescens
- Taxonomy
- Order: Piciformes, Family: Picidae
- Size
- About 15 cm
- Species Distribution
- Okinawa and Yagaji Islands
- Okinawa Red List of Threatened Species: Near Threatened
- The central and northern areas in Okinawa Island are known to be the habitat, but recently, the species is found in parks close to cities in the southern part of the island. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker and Okinawa Woodpecker are the only woodpeckers found in Okinawa.
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- Updated November 2017]
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