Biology:Amami woodpecker

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Dendrocopos leucotos owstoni
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Dendrocopos
Species:
Subspecies:
D. l. owstoni
Trinomial name
Dendrocopos leucotos owstoni
Ogawa, 1905

The Amami woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos owstoni) is a bird in the family Picidae found only on Amami Ōshima in the Ryukyu Islands south of Japan . The species is confined to mature evergreen broadleaf forest in the hills of the island. It specialises in eating large wood-boring insects. It is usually considered conspecific with the white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos).[1][2] The Amami woodpecker is still considered as a subspecies of the white-backed woodpecker in the list maintained by the International Ornithologists' Union and the Clements Checklist.[3]

References

  1. del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N.; Christie, D.A. (2016). "Amami Woodpecker (Dendrocopos owstoni)". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, Sargatal et al.. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Edicions. http://www.hbw.com/node/467493. Retrieved 7 May 2016. (Subscription content?)
  2. BirdLife International (2016). "Dendrocopos owstoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22727132A94941890. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22727132A94941890.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22727132/94941890. Retrieved 9 January 2020. 
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. "Woodpeckers". World Bird List Version 6.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/woodpeckers/. Retrieved 5 May 2016. 

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