Okinawa Woodpecker (Dendrocopos noguchii)
About the Okinawa Woodpecker
The Okinawa woodpecker (Dendrocopos noguchii) (ノグチゲラ, Noguchigera) is a woodpecker endemic to the Okinawa Prefecture of Japan. Other common names for this species are Noguchi's woodpecker, Okinawan woodpecker, Pryer's woodpecker and Ryukyu woodpecker. It was previously placed in the monotypic genus Sapheopipo, but mtDNA analysis has shown that this species is actually embedded within the Dendrocopos genus, closely related to the great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) and white-backed woodpecker (D. leucotos).
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 33 recordings for this species: 17 CC BY-NC-ND · 16 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Japan in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Fulvous-breasted WoodpeckerDendrocopos maceirecording
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorrecording
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotosrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.