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Japanese Woodpecker

Picus awokera Temminck, CJ 1836

Japanese green woodpecker or Japanese woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker similar and closely related to the European green woodpecker, but endemic to Japan. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Picidae
Genus:
   Picus
Scientific:
  Picus awokera


Original description

Citation:
  Temminck, CJ 1836

Reference:
   Nouv. Recueil Pl. Color. Ois. livr.99 pl.585

Protonym:
  Picus awokera

Type locality:
  Japan, i.e. Honshu.


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  F60C59CD51AD4827

Avibase ID:
  avibase-F60C59CD

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/F60C59CD


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554120

Geographic range:

  • Picus awokera: Japan (Honshu to Tanegashima and offshore islands)
English:
Japanese Woodpecker
Catalan:
Picot verd del Japó
Czech:
žluna japonská
Danish:
Japansk Grønspætte
German:
Japangrünspecht
Spanish:
Pito Japonés
Spanish (Spain):
Pito Japonés
Finnish:
japaninvihertikka
French:
Pic awokéra
Croatian:
japanska žuna
Italian:
Picchio del Giappone
Japanese (romaji):
aogera
Japanese:
アオゲラ
Lithuanian:
Japoniškasis genys
Dutch:
Japanse Groene Specht
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Samuraispett
Norwegian:
Samuraispett
Polish:
dzięcioł japoński
Portuguese:
Pica-pau-japonês
Portuguese (Portugal):
pica-pau-japonês
Russian:
Японский дятел
Slovak:
žlna japonská
Serbian:
Japanska siva žuna
Swedish:
japansk gröngöling
Ukrainian:
Жовна японська
Chinese:
日本绿啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
日本綠啄木


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Japanese Woodpecker ( Picus awokera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Pic awokéra ( Picus awokera) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Pic awokéra ( Picus awokera) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements, version 2024:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 1.54:
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eBird version 1.55:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2016:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Wavy-bellied Woodpecker ( Picus awokera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Wavy-bellied Woodpecker ( Picus awokera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Japanese Woodpecker ( Picus awokera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Japanese Woodpecker ( Picus awokera) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Japanese Woodpecker ( Picus awokera) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Japanese Woodpecker ( Picus awokera) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Japanese Woodpecker ( Picus awokera) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Picus awokera [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Picus awokera [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Picus awokera [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Japanese Woodpecker ( Picus awokera) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Japanese Woodpecker ( Picus awokera) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Japanese Woodpecker ( Picus awokera) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Picus awokera [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Picus awokera [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Azerbaijani: Yaponiya yaşıl ağacdələni
Catalan: Picot verd del Japó
Czech: Žluna japonská
Danish: Japansk Grønspætte
German: Japangrünspecht, Japan-Grünspecht, Japanspecht
English: Japan green woodpecker, Japanese Green Woodpecker, Japanese Woodpecker, Wavy-bellied Woodpecker
English, HBW: Japanese Woodpecker
English (IOC): Japanese Green Woodpecker
English (United States): Japanese Woodpecker
Esperanto: Japana verdpego
Spanish: Pito de Vientre Bayo, Pito Japonés
Spanish (Spain): Pito Japonés
Spanish (HBW): Japanese Woodpecker
Estonian: jaapani roherähn
Finnish: Japaninvihertikka
French: Pic awokéra
Croatian: japanska žuna
Italian: Picchio Awokera, Picchio del Giappone
Japanese (romaji): aogera, Ao-gera
Japanese: アオゲラ
Japanese (Kanji): 青啄木鳥
Scientific: Picus awokera, Picus awokera awokera
Lithuanian: Japoniškasis genys
Latvian: Japānas dzilna
Dutch: Japanse Groene Specht
Norwegian Nynorsk: Samuraispett
Norwegian: Samuraispett
Polish: dzieciol japonski, dzięcioł japoński
Pinyin: rìběn lǜ-zhuó-mù-niǎo
Portuguese: Pica-pau-japonês
Portuguese (Portugal): pica-pau-japonês
Russian: Японский дятел, Японский зелёный дятел
Slovak: žlna japonská
Serbian: Japanska siva žuna
Swedish: japansk gröngöling, Japansk grönspett
Turkish: Japon ağaçkakanı
Udmurt: Япониысь вож сизь
Ukrainian: Жовна японська
Chinese: 日本绿啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 日本綠啄木, 日本綠啄木鳥

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