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National Natural Monument
Birds
White-backed Woodpecker (Owston's)
Dendrocopos leucotos owstoni
Owston's white-backed woodpecker is a large woodpecker living only on Amami-Oshima, dark overall, with a conspicuous red crown in males. In deep evergreen forests it digs insects from decaying wood. It needs old-growth forest and is few in number, so it is protected as a Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Dendrocopos leucotos owstoni
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Kagoshima
- 日本語
- オーストンオオアカゲラ
- 简体中文
- 白背啄木鸟（奄美亚种）
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The White-backed Woodpecker (Owston's) is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Kagoshima.
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