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.
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'.