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Picus awokera

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[edit] Identification

30cm in length, bright green wings and tail, a red or black moustache and crown, grey head, neck, and chest, and white underparts with black markings.

[edit] Distribution

Endemic to Japan (Hondo to Tanegashima and Yakushima).

[edit] Taxonomy

Japanese 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.

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