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National Natural Monument
Birds
Black Woodpecker
Dryocopus martius
The black woodpecker is Japan's largest woodpecker, entirely black with a red crown in males, living in primeval forests of big beeches and similar trees. It excavates large nest holes in big trees and eats ants and other insects. Found in northern Tohoku and Hokkaido, it is protected as a Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Dryocopus martius
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Hokkaido, Aomori, Akita
- 日本語
- クマゲラ
- 简体中文
- 黑啄木鸟
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The Black Woodpecker is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Hokkaido, Aomori, Akita.
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