アオゲラ

noun

Japanese green woodpecker; Japanese woodpecker; wavy-bellied woodpecker

A species of woodpecker native to Japan (Picus awokera). The name is usually written in katakana as アオゲラ.

• アオゲラは日本にほんの固こ有ゆう種しゅで、森しん林りんに生せい息そくしている。

  The Japanese green woodpecker is a species endemic to Japan and inhabits forests.

• 山やまでアオゲラの鳴なき声ごえを聞きいた。

  I heard the call of a Japanese woodpecker in the mountains.