Japanese pygmy woodpecker | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Picidae |
Genus: | Yungipicus |
Species: | Y. kizuki |
Binomial name | |
Yungipicus kizuki (Temminck, 1836) |
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Synonyms | |
Picoides kizuki |
Picoides kizuki
Dendrocopos kizuki
The Japanese pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki) is a species of woodpecker found in Russia, China, North Korea, South Korea and Japan. Some taxonomic authorities continue to place this species in the genus Dendrocopos or Picoides.
Pygmy woodpecker in South Korea