---
title: "Kizukispecht"
description: "Yungipicus kizuki — Vogels. The Japanese pygmy woodpecker or simply pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki) is a species of woodpecker."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/japanese-pygmy-woodpecker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kizukispecht

> Yungipicus kizuki — Vogels. The Japanese pygmy woodpecker or simply pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki) is a species of woodpecker.

- Scientific name: *Yungipicus kizuki*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 6504
- Wikidata: [Q27074882](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27074882)
- iNaturalist taxon: [792952](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/792952)

## Names

- en: Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
- de: Kizukispecht
- es: Pájaro carpintero pigmeo
- fr: Pic kisuki
- it: Picchio pigmeo
- nl: Kizukispecht
- pl: Dzięcioł brązowolicy

## Countries with the most observations

JP (2315), KR (787), RU (355), CN (54)

## Summary

The Japanese pygmy woodpecker or simply pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki) is a species of woodpecker. It is found in coniferous and deciduous forests in Russia, China, Korea and Japan. This species has also been placed in the genus Dendrocopos or Picoides. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed it as a least-concern species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_pygmy_woodpecker

## Photo

![Kizukispecht](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/japanese-pygmy-woodpecker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136566563

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/japanese-pygmy-woodpecker?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).