Yungipicus kizuki
Silhouette: Pepe Reigada · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The Japanese pygmy woodpecker or simply pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki) is a species of woodpecker. It is found in coniferous and deciduous forests in Russia, China, Korea and Japan. This species has also been placed in the genus Dendrocopos or Picoides. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed it as a least-concern species.
This species was described by Temminck in 1836. The species has previously been placed in genera Dendrocopos and Picoides. The Japanese pygmy woodpecker is 13–15 cm (5.1–5.9 in) long. The crown is grey-brown. A white supercilium starts above the eye and continues to the neck and breast. The ear coverts are brown, and there is a white moustachial stripe and a grey-brown malar stripe. The chin and throat are white. The mantle and back are dark brown, with white bars. The upperwing coverts and flight feathers are brownish-black and have white... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikko National Park | 🇯🇵 Japan |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Pygmy Woodpecker sighting in Gwangju on a given day, based on 66 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 17th most-seen of the 50 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October and December
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Pygmy Woodpecker in Gwangju on a given day, against about 20% in January, the lowest month. Those are among Gwangju's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain a month against 290 mm in July. August has too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pygmy Woodpecker sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 14
Of the 14 cities where we can rate Pygmy Woodpecker sightings, Gwangju ranks 4th at about 40%. The best odds are in Sendai (Japan, about 60%), Sapporo (Japan, about 40%) and Seoul (South Korea, about 40%).
Same family: Picidae
The closest relatives of the Pygmy Woodpecker that you can see in Gwangju (family Picidae, Woodpeckers) are Grey-headed Woodpecker (about 30%) and Great Spotted Woodpecker (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pygmy Woodpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Gwangju (66 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
