This list of Important Bird Areas in Japan details the 7 (EBAs) and 194 (IBAs), including 69 Marine IBAs, identified by BirdLife International and its domestic partner the Wild Bird Society of Japan as of April 2022.
Endemic Bird Areas Name Prefecture Altitude Area Restricted-range species Image Coords. Code Ref.Izu IslandsIzu shotō Tokyo Japanese wood pigeon, Japanese night heron, Ijima's leaf warbler, Izu thrush(Columba janthina, Gorsachius goisagi, Phylloscopus ijimae, Turdus celaenops) 146 Ogasawara IslandsOgasawara shotō Tokyo Bonin white-eye, Bonin grosbeak, Japanese wood pigeon, Bonin wood pigeon, Bonin thrush (Apalopteron familiare, Carpodacus ferreorostris, Columba janthina, Columba versicolor, Zoothera terrestris) 147 Nansei ShotoNansei shotō Kagoshima, Okinawa Japanese wood pigeon, Ryukyu wood pigeon, Okinawa woodpecker, Amami jay, Okinawa rail, Ryukyu robin, Ryukyu scops owl, Ryukyu minivet, Amami woodcock, Ryukyu kingfisher, Ryukyu green pigeon, Amami thrush (Columba janthina, Columba jouyi, Dendrocopos noguchii, Garrulus lidthi, Hypotaenidia okinawae, Larvivora komadori, Otus elegans, Pericrocotus tegimae, Scolopax mira, Todiramphus cinnamominus, Treron formosae, Zoothera major) 148
Secondary areas Name Prefecture Altitude Area Restricted-range species Image Coords. Code Ref.Central Honshu lowland forestsHonshū chūbu teichi-rin Japanese night heron(Gorsachius goisagi) s089 Central Honshu montane forestsHonshū chūbu sangaku-rin Yellow bunting(Emberiza sulphurata) s090 Iwo IslandsIō rettō Tokyo Japanese wood pigeon(Columba janthina) s091 Japanese and Korean offshore islandsNihon・Kankoku no ritō Japanese wood pigeon(Columba janthina) s092
Important Bird Areas Name Prefecture Municipality Altitude Area Criteria Trigger species Image Coords. Code Ref.Rishiri islandRishiri-tō Hokkaidō Rishiri, Rishirifuji A3, A4i Black-tailed gull, Japanese robin (Larus crassirostris, Larvivora akahige) JP001 Lake Koetoi-OnumaKoetoi-ōnuma Hokkaidō Wakkanai A4i Tundra swan(Cygnus columbianus) JP002 Sarobetsu marshSarobetsu-genya Hokkaidō Horonobe, Teshio, Toyotomi, Wakkanai A4i Bean goose(Anser fabalis) JP003 Lake KuccharoKutcharo-ko Hokkaidō Hamatonbetsu A4i, A4iii Tundra swan(Cygnus columbianus) JP004 Esashi, MenashidomariEsashi・Menashidomari Hokkaidō Esashi A4i Black-tailed gull(Larus crassirostris) JP005 Teuri IslandTeuri-tō Hokkaidō Haboro A4i, A4ii, A4iii Rhinoceros auklet, Black-tailed gull, Slaty-backed gull (Cerorhinca monocerata, Larus crassirostris, Larus schistisagus) JP006 Lakes Komuke and ShibunotsunaiKomuke-ko・Shibunotsunai-ko Hokkaidō Monbetsu, Yūbetsu A4i Northern pintail, Red-necked stint, Eurasian wigeon, Eurasian whimbrel (Anas acuta, Calidris ruficollis, Mareca penelope, Numenius phaeopus) JP007 Lakes Notoro and AbashiriNotoro-ko・Abashiri-ko Hokkaidō Abashiri, Ōzora A1, A3, A4i Latham's snipe, Red-crowned crane, Grey-tailed tattler (Gallinago hardwickii, Grus japonensis, Tringa brevipes) JP008 Abukuma RiverAbukuma-gawa Fukushima Date, Fukushima A4i Northern pintail(Anas acuta) JP065
See also List of birds of Japan List of endemic birds of Japan List of Ramsar sites in Japan Yamashina Institute for Ornithology
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