List of endemic birds of Japan
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This article is one of a series providing information about endemism among birds in the world's various zoogeographic zones. For an overview of this subject see Endemism in birds.
Patterns of endemism
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.[3]
Endemic Bird Areas
Birdlife International has defined the following Endemic Bird Areas (EBAs) in Japan:
The following have been designated as secondary areas:
- Central Honshu lowland forests
- Central Honshu montane forests
- Iwo Islands
- Other islands
List of species
The following is a list of bird species endemic to Japan:[1]
Resident endemics
Common name | Binomial | Family | Distribution | Status | Notes |
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Copper pheasant | Syrmaticus soemmerringii | Phasianidae | Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. | ||
Green pheasant | Phasianus versicolor | Phasianidae | Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. | Introduced to Hawaii. National bird of Japan. | |
Japanese woodpecker | Picus awokera | Picidae | Honshu and Kyushu. | ||
Okinawa woodpecker | Dendrocopos noguchii | Picidae | Okinawa. | ||
Amami woodpecker | Dendrocopos (leucotos) owstoni | Picidae | Amami Ōshima island | Generally considered a subspecies of the white-backed woodpecker, but some consider it distinct. | |
Bonin wood pigeon | Columba versicolor | Columbidae | Nakodo-jima and Chichi-jima in the Bonin Islands. | Last seen in 1889. | |
Ryukyu wood pigeon | Columba jouyi | Columbidae | Various islets throughout the Ryukyu Islands. | Last reliably seen in 1936. | |
Ryukyu green pigeon | Treron permagnus | Columbidae | Various islets throughout the Ryukyu Islands. | ||
Okinawa rail | Gallirallus okinawae | Rallidae | Okinawa. | ||
Amami woodcock | Scolopax mira | Scolopacidae | Two of Japan's Amami Islands. | ||
Lidth's jay | Garrulus lidthi | Corvidae | Amami Ōshima and Tokunoshima. | ||
Ryukyu minivet | Pericrocotus tegimae | Campephagidae | Formerly the Ryukyu Islands, though have recently self-colonized Kyushu, Shikoku, and Honshu. | ||
Owston's tit | Sittiparus owstoni | Paridae | Southern Izu Islands | ||
Iriomote tit | Sittiparus olivaceus | Paridae | Yaeyama Islands | ||
Bonin thrush | Zoothera terrestris | Turdidae | Chichijima in the Ogasawara Islands. | Last seen in 1828. | |
Izu thrush | Turdus celaenops | Turdidae | Izu and Ryukyu Islands. | ||
Izu robin | Larvivora (akahige) tanensis | Muscicapidae | Izu Islands | Generally considered a subspecies of the Japanese robin, but some consider it distinct. | |
Ryukyu robin | Larvivora komadori | Muscicapidae | Ryukyu Islands. | ||
Okinawa robin | Larvivora namiyei | Muscicapidae | Okinawa Island | ||
Ryukyu flycatcher | Ficedula owstoni | Muscicapidae | Ryukyu Islands. | ||
Bonin white-eye | Apalopteron familiare | Zosteropidae | Formerly found throughout the Bonin Islands, now restricted to Hahajima. | ||
Bonin grosbeak | Carpodacus ferreorostris | Fringillidae | Chichijima in the Ogasawara Islands. | Last reported in 1828. | |
Bonin greenfinch | Chloris kittlitzi | Fringillidae | Bonin Islands and Volcano Islands |
Breeding endemics
Common name | Binomial | Family | Distribution | Status | Notes |
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Matsudaira's storm-petrel | Oceanodroma matsudairae | Hydrobatidae | Volcano Islands (breeding), Indian Ocean (wintering) | ||
Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria albatrus | Diomedeidae | Senkaku Islands, Muko-jima, and Tori-shima (breeding), broader Pacific Ocean (wintering). Extirpated as a breeder on most of the other Bonin Islands as well as the non-Japanese Marshall Islands. Also formerly bred on Bermuda in prehistoric times. | ||
Bryan's shearwater | Puffinus bryani | Procellaridae | Bonin Islands (breeding), Pacific Ocean around the Hawaiian Islands (wintering). | ||
Bannerman's shearwater | Puffinus bannermani | Procellaridae | Volcano Islands (breeding), Pacific Ocean around Ogasawara Group (wintering) | ||
Ijima's leaf-warbler | Phylloscopus ijimae | Phylloscopidae | Izu Islands and Tokara Islands (breeding), Honshu, Kyushu, Nansei-shoto, the Philippines, and Taiwan (wintering) | ||
Japanese leaf warbler | Phylloscopus xanthodryas | Phylloscopidae | All of Japan except Hokkaido (breeding), Taiwan and Southeast Asia (wintering) | ||
Yellow bunting | Emberiza sulphurata | Emberizidae | Northern Japan barring Hokkaido (breeding), southern Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines (wintering) |
References
- ^ a b "Japan Endemic Birds Checklist". lntreasures.com. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
- ^ van Balen, Bas (2020-03-04). "Bonin White-eye (Apalopteron familiare)". Birds of the World.
- ^ Tietze, Dieter Thomas; Päckert, Martin; Martens, Jochen; Lehmann, Henriette; Sun, Yue-Hua (2013-09-01). "Complete phylogeny and historical biogeography of true rosefinches (Aves: Carpodacus)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 169 (1): 215–234. doi:10.1111/zoj.12057. ISSN 0024-4082.