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This is a list of the bird species recorded in Japan. The avifauna of Japan include a total of 731 species, of which 19 are endemic , and 31 have been introduced by humans. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The ...
Japan has no endemic families. It has one endemic genus: Apalopteron, which contains the Bonin white-eye. [1] [2] The extinct Bonin grosbeak was formerly considered the only member of the genus Chaunoproctus, but taxonomic analysis supports it as being a basal member of the rosefinch genus Carpodacus.
This Wikipedia page lists various bird species found in Japan.
Red-crowned cranes. Over 600 species of bird have been recorded in Japan [1] and more than 250 of these breed. A number of birds are endemic including the Japanese woodpecker (Picus awokera), copper pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii) and Japan's national bird, the green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor).
1.2 Birds. 1.3 Marine animals. 1.4 Fish. 1.5 Reptiles. 1.6 ... a species of venomous snake that exists in all areas of Japan except certain islands including Okinawa ...
The article Endemic birds of Japan gives an overview. Pages in category "Endemic birds of Japan" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
The white-eye has rounded wings and a long, slender bill – both of which indicate this bird to be very acrobatic. Its wings are dark brown but outlined in green. Like other white-eyes, this species exhibits the distinctive white eyering that gives it its name (mejiro, as the bird is known in Japan, translates to "white eye"). Adults range ...
On September 25, 2008, in Sado, Niigata, the Sado Japanese Crested Ibis Preservation Center released 10 of the birds as part of its crested ibis restoration program, which aimed to introduce 60 ibises into the wild by 2015. It was the first time the bird has returned to the Japanese wild since 1981. [7]