Where does “嘴白啄木鳥” come from?

嘴白啄木鳥 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 嘴, from Japanese 口, from Japanese くち, from Japanese 朽ちる.

嘴白啄木鳥 (Japanese): ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis)

Definitions

嘴白啄木鳥 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Japanese	嘴	a beak; a bill
2	Japanese	口	mouth; opening; the mouth
3	Japanese	くち	mouth
4	Japanese	朽ちる	—

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Japanese	啄木鳥	a woodpecker
2	Japanese	木	a tree or shrub; wood, timber, lumber; a tree
3	Old Japanese	木	a tree or shrub; wood, timber, lumber; Combining...
4	Proto-Japonic	kəy	tree

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Japanese	白	the color white; innocence; a white go stone
2	Middle Chinese	白	—