Places and times seen in Munakata city

It is a permanent bird in Munakata and can be seen all year round throughout the city. They inhabit a wide range of parks such as forests, satoyamas and temples and shrines. It doesn't sound as loud as Aogera, but it can be noticed by the sound of drumming. It often forms a mixed group with the great tit and the big tit and is relatively easy to observe.

Characteristic

A small woodpecker with a total length of 15 cm. It is the smallest woodpecker that can be observed in Japan. The sex is almost the same and sparrows are large.
From the forehead to the upper surface is dark brown, and the erythema, the lateral neck, the white from the torso and the lower surface are brown, and there is a brown vertical spot from the chest to the lower surface. Rain from the back, there is a white spot on the windbreak.
There is a small red spot on the back of the male. It is not in females. The moss is thin and short, grayish brown.

Habit

I live with a rope with a single wing. I poke trees and eat insect larvae and eggs. It clings to branches and dead branches, and works hard to dig out and eat larvae.
It sounds like "Geey", "Kikkikiki" and so on. The sound of drumming sounds like "Trollororororo" lightly.

distribution

As a resident bird, it inhabits and reproduces in flatland forests from Hokkaido to Iriomote Island, river forest and park forests. Some individuals move as drifting birds. It is a Japanese endemic species.
It is said that there are eight subspecies in the country, but there is not so much mutation. It is believed that there are Kyushukogera and Kogera in the Munakata.