Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Japanese Green Woodpecker, Japanese Woodpecker, Wavy-bellied Woodpecker
Common Names in French:
Pic awokéra
Common Names in German:
Japangrünspecht
Common Names in Japanese:
アオゲラ
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 955 meters (0 to 3,133 feet).[1]
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.5 Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Piciformes
()
- Meyer & Wolf, 1810
- Order:
Piciformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Picus awokera Temminck, 1835
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 27-Dec-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Picus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 26 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. awokera (Japanese Green Woodpecker) · P. awokera awokera (Japanese Green Woodpecker) · P. canus (Black-Naped Green Woodpecker) · P. canus canus (Black-Naped Green Woodpecker) · P. chlorolophus (Lesser Yellow-Naped Woodpecker) · P. chlorolophus chlorolophus (Lesser Yellow-Naped Woodpecker) · P. erythropygius (Black-Headed Woodpecker) · P. erythropygius erythropygius (Black-Headed Woodpecker) · P. flavinucha (Greater Yellow-Naped Woodpecker) · P. flavinucha flavinucha (Greater Yellow-Naped Woodpecker) · P. mentalis (Checker-Throated Woodpecker) · P. mineaceus (Banded Red Woodpecker) · P. miniaceus (Banded Red Woodpecker) · P. miniaceus miniaceus (Banded Red Woodpecker) · P. puniceus (Crimson-Winged Woodpecker) · P. puniceus puniceus (Crimson-Winged Woodpecker) · (Red-Collared Woodpecker) · P. squamatus (Scaly-Bellied Woodpecker) · P. squamatus squamatus (Scaly-Bellied Woodpecker) · P. vaillantii (Levaillant's Green Woodpecker) · P. viridanus (Streak-Breasted Woodpecker) · P. viridis (European Green Woodpecker) · P. viridis viridis (Eurasian Green Woodpecker) · P. vittatus (Laced Green Woodpecker) · P. vittatus vittatus (Laced Green Woodpecker) · P. xanthopygaeus (Streak-Throated Woodpecker)
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Further Reading
- A hand-list of the birds of Japan, by M. Ogawa. [Tokyo]1908. url p. 382.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 25.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 109 1953 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 485, p. 486, p. 634, p. 635.
- Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. url p. 41.
- Catalogue of the collection of birds' eggs in the British Museum (Natural History) London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1901-12. url p. 142.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 133.
- Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 40.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 9 1886 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 105, p. 664.
- The birds of the Japanese Empire. London, R. H. Porter, 1890. url , p. 147.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2004. Picus awokera. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- BirdLife International 2009. Picus awokera. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 09, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 09, 2008:
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Ornithology Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 11561
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-686543
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13819534
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 554120
- IUCN ID: 232809
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 150116
Footnotes
- Mean = 516.560 meters (1,694.751 feet), Standard Deviation = 329.780 based on 9 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
