Yungipicus kizuki
Silhouette: Pepe Reigada · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~90% 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 60% of wildlife watchers report a Pygmy Woodpecker sighting in Nikko National Park on a given day, based on 335 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 6th most-seen of the 102 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, April and November–December
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Pygmy Woodpecker in Nikko National Park on a given day, against about 40% in July, the lowest month.
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.
Only Nikko National Park, in our data
Nikko National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Pygmy Woodpecker sightings: about 60% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Picidae
The closest relatives of the Pygmy Woodpecker that you can see in Nikko National Park (family Picidae, Woodpeckers) are Great Spotted Woodpecker (about 60%), Japanese Green Woodpecker (about 30%) and White-backed 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 Nikko National Park (335 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
