Species information
Scientific name: Yungipicus kizuki
Japanese name: コゲラ
Chinese name: 小星頭啄木鳥
English name: Japanese pygmy woodpecker
Origin: Japan (including the Ryukyu Islands), Korea, parts of northeastern China.
Ecology and description
The Japanese pygmy woodpecker is approximately 13-15 cm in length and is a small woodpecker. It sometimes forages in mixed flocks with the Japanese white-eye or other tit species.
Field photographs taken during our tours, with observation dates
During our 【Morning Birding】 tour in all seasons, we have chances to see this species.
