Japanese green woodpecker
Japanese green woodpecker or Japanese woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker similar and closely related to the European green woodpecker, but endemic to Japan.
This species reaches about 30 cm in length, with bright green wings and tail, a red or black mustache and crown, gray head, neck, and chest, and white underparts with black markings.
The Japanese green woodpecker is divided into at least two subspecies:
The binomial is a reference to the Japanese name of the species, aogera.
