Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
Yungipicus kizuki(Temminck, CJ, 1836)
English (US) Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
The Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Picidae (Woodpeckers) in the order Piciformes.
- Scientific name
- Yungipicus kizuki
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1836)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 10 subspecies for this species.
- Yungipicus kizuki permutatus
- Yungipicus kizuki seebohmi
- Yungipicus kizuki nippon
- Yungipicus kizuki shikokuensis
- Yungipicus kizuki kizuki
- Yungipicus kizuki matsudairai
- Yungipicus kizuki kotataki
- Yungipicus kizuki amamii
- Yungipicus kizuki nigrescens
- Yungipicus kizuki orii
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus kizuki
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1836)
- Type locality
- Japan, == Kyushu.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.99, vol.4 text to pl.585
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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