Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker

Yungipicus kizuki (Temminck, 1836)

Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker, Yungipicus kizuki, breeds across eastern Asia in the Palearctic region and is a woodpecker in the family Picidae. It was described by Temminck in 1836. Its range includes Korea, north-eastern China, south-eastern Siberia, Sakhalin, Japan and the Ryukyu Islands, and it uses a wide spread of coniferous and deciduous woodland, from lowland and upland forest to riverine stands, as well as parks and gardens. It is also recorded in mixed flocks and pairs. The species has been placed in Dendrocopos and Picoides.

Order

Piciformes

Family

Picidae — Woodpeckers

Breeding range

Palearctic: e Asia