Bird Photos: Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker + GIF

Discovered at Kin Dam

 

 

In Japanese these birds are called, Kogera (コゲラ).

Scientific name: Dendrocopos kizuki

 Catching one of these little peckers, in good light, made my day.

When a second one came along and landed in the same tree, I kept on shooting.

They gave me enough images to compile this animation for you.

Learn More About These Birds At:

Avibase

 Bird Research Japan PDF

Wildlife Photo: Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker

This photo of a Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker was taken today on Sesoko-Jima.

Dendrocopos kizuki is what the scientific community calls them.

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When Wildlife Calls Get Out of Town

Do They Really Have Little Peckers in Japan ?

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Do They Really Have Little Peckers in Japan ? (Photos)

This little pecker was up in the mountains of Okinawa, Japan just banging away on a tree.

My hearing is about the same as that of a rock so, I'd have never known it was there.  But, I saw Ryukyu Rusty with his tripod set up concentrating on something in the trees and clicking away with his Pentax.

Once he got me pointed in the right direction I saw the little bird and started firing away, too.

They certainly do have little peckers in Japan.  This is a Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker.  They go by the scientific name of Dendrocopos kizuki and some folks just call them Pygmy Woodpeckers.

These characters eat bugs and hang out on hillsides or in forests and may also be found in China, Korea and Russia.  They really are little guys, about as small as a sparrow, and they peck away at wood loud enough for people with good ears to hear them before they see them.  That's why they got the name woodpeckers instead of little peckers, I guess.

Everybody should walk around and see if there's any little peckers in their neck of the woods because you never know, they could get a mention in the HUFFINGTON POST just like our Woodpeckers, someday.

Not many people run around, bragging about their little peckers but, I'm right proud of mine !