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Special Natural Monument
Birds
Okinawa Woodpecker
Dendrocopos noguchii
The Okinawa woodpecker lives only in the Yanbaru forests of northern Okinawa Island, with red and dark brown plumage, and is a species unique to Japan. It excavates nest holes in trees of old forest and eats insects. Very few remain, and it is a Special Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Dendrocopos noguchii
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Okinawa
- 日本語
- ノグチゲラ
- 简体中文
- 野口啄木鸟
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The Okinawa Woodpecker is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Okinawa.
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