Japanese Green Woodpecker
A species of Eurasian Green Woodpeckers and Allies Scientific name : Picus awokera Genus : Eurasian Green Woodpeckers and Allies
Japanese Green Woodpecker, A species of Eurasian Green Woodpeckers and Allies
Botanical name: Picus awokera
Genus: Eurasian Green Woodpeckers and Allies
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Description
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Description
Japanese green woodpecker or Japanese woodpecker (Picus awokera) is a medium-sized woodpecker similar and closely related to the European green woodpecker, but endemic to Japan. 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. The Japanese green woodpecker is divided into at least two subspecies: P. a. awokera, the nominate subspecies, found on Honshū P. a. horii, native to Kyūshū The binomial is a reference to the Japanese name of the species, aogera. 
Size
30 cm
Feeding Habits
Japanese Green Woodpecker's diet consists primarily of ants, alongside other arthropods such as Hemiptera and beetles. It also consumes fruits, berries, and seeds. It forages mainly on trees, rarely on the ground, employing gleaning, pecking, and probing techniques, with seasonal sap-drinking.
Habitat
The japanese Green Woodpecker primarily resides in mixed forests in northern regions, and evergreen forests in southern areas. It has adapted to urban environments, increasingly inhabiting parks and gardens. Typically associated with forested habitats, the japanese Green Woodpecker rarely occupies mature conifer plantations.
Dite type
Insectivorous
Photo By Charley Hesse TROPICAL BIRDING 
Scientific Classification
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