pygmy woodpecker; Japanese pygmy woodpecker
A small woodpecker native to Japan and parts of East Asia; the scientific name is Dendrocopos kizuki (or Yungipicus kizuki). Commonly seen in gardens and parks.
A pygmy woodpecker came to the garden and is pecking at the tree trunk.
The pygmy woodpecker is the smallest woodpecker in Japan.
キツツキ is the general term for woodpeckers; コゲラ refers specifically to the pygmy woodpecker species.
アカゲラ is the great spotted woodpecker, a larger species with red markings, while コゲラ is much smaller and lacks prominent red.
The katakana spelling is the most common written form for this bird name; usually written in kana.
Kanji spelling; rarely used in practice, and the reading may not be obvious.
Abbreviated kanji spelling; even rarer than 小啄木鳥.
The name コゲラ is of uncertain origin; it is a native Japanese word for this small woodpecker species. The kanji 小啄木鳥 literally means 'small woodpecker'.