Can be heard clackety clack ( kachi kachi) sound made by hitting bills before the call from short distance. Call is bwooo bwooo in 4 or 5 notes and the last note often lower. Voice: Mostly stays inside of reed beds and gives low and loud voice from evening to early morning from around March. Habitat: Watersides in vast reed beds throughout Japan but population is small. Japanese Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax capillatus) Moves in a flock of several- hundred birds, and dives to catch fish deep under the water. Habitat: Watersides of lakes, rivers and harbors throughout Japan. Streaked Shearwater ( Calonectris leucomelas)Ĭormorant / Great Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax carbo) Voice: Repetitive poaa pooaaoo like the tone of Shakuhachi, a five-holed Japanese bamboo clarinet. Feather color similar to Japanese Green Pigeon and body size a little larger. Habitat: Woods and residential areas from lowlands to mountainous areas in Nansei-shoto islands from Yakushima island and to the south. Whistling Green Pigeon ( Treron formosae) Northern population migrates to warmer regions in winter. Habitat: Woodlands, from lowlands to mountainous areas throughout Japan year round, and visits on shore reefs to drink saltwater. White-bellied Green-pigeon / Japanese Green Pigeon Weaker than Oriental Turtle-dove.Ĭommon Emerald Dove ( Chalcophaps indica) Mainly lives in agricultural lands, residential areas and on dry riverbeds, easily found in the vicinity of stables, particularly of pigs’. Habitat: Mostly in Saitama Prefecture and a part of Gunma, Tochigi and Chiba Prefectures as well as Tokyo. Voice: Crooning voice repeatedly der der pou pou der der pou pou and calls in muffled voice kuu, uu or pwuu ( goa goa goa).Įurasian Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decaocto) Those in Hokkaido migrate to warmer regions in winter. Habitat: Forests, agricultural lands, dry riverbeds and urban areas from lowlands to mountainous areas throughout Japan. Oriental Turtle Dove ( Streptopelia orientalis) Voice: Low eerie voice that sounds like woo ah. Habitat: Dense broadleaf forests, mainly on islands in central Honshu and to the south all year round. Great Crested Grebe ( Podiceps cristatus)īlack-necked Grebe ( Podiceps nigricollis) Voice: Heck kere kere kere during breeding season and on breeding sites. Habitat: Lakes and marshes and inner bays from lowlands to mountainous areas. Sometimes calls pit or kit, pausing after each sound. Voice: Song is kyu ru ru ru roo in a high-pitched tone. Some move from northern Japan to warmer regions in winter. Habitat: Lakes, rivers, reservoirs, ports and harbors throughout Japan. Red-breasted Merganser ( Mergus serrator) Harlequin Duck ( Histrionicus histrionicus) Difficult to distinguish from Tundra Swan by its voice.Įastern Spot-billed Duck ( Anas zonorhyncha) The black part of the bill is narrower than that of Tundra Swan. Distinguished from Tundra Swan by the bigger body and the longer neck. Habitat: Inner bays, lakes and marshes, rivers and agricultural lands in Honshu and Hokkaido.Winter visitor. Voice: Calls koho koho but difficult to distinguish from Whooper Swan by voice. The shape of the yellow part on its bill is round. Can be distinguished from similar-lookingWhooper Swan by its smaller size and shorter neck. Habitat: Inner bays, lakes and ponds, rivers and agricultural lands in Hokkaido and Honshu. Greater White-fronted Goose ( Anser albifrons) When foraging with chicks, it calls kokokoko like a hen. Voice: Loud ko kyok ( ken kehn) is followed by dobodobo sound of wingbeats. Commonly occurs open fields in residential areas. Habitat: Grasslands, bushes, open woods, dry riverbeds and agricultural lands from lowlands to mountainous areas in Honshu and to the south. Pheasant / Common Pheasant ( Phasianus colchicus) Voice: Calls distinctive guku krrrr ( kukroo or ajapah ) repetitively in the dark before dawn in April and May.Ĭopper Pheasant ( Syrmaticus soemmerringii) Habitat: Grasslands, agricultural lands and dry riverbeds from lowlands to mountainous areas throughout Japan, but the population is small. Voice: Metalic she she she, or pii cho pii cho. Forages for insects, sprouts and young leaves on the ground. Habitat: Woodlands from lowlands to mountainous areas in Hokkaido year round. Uchida, K Ueda, M Ueta, Y Watanabe, K Yanagimachi, T Yoshimura, T Yoshioka K Otsuka, T Sadamitsu, M Takagi, M Takanashi, T Tanioka, T Toyamine, H N Kotaka, K Matsunaga, H Nanjo, N Nishi, J Nonaka, J Ogasawara, Y Ono, H Fukushima, T Hirano, E Ishimaru, K Ishiwata, H Kishi, S Komatsu, K Kondo, Photographed by N Ando, K Arai, H Asuka, T Fujii, F Fujinami, Y Fukuda, Produced by the Japan Bird Research Association KIKUCHI Sayaka, SAKUMA Shunji, UENO Naohiro and YOKOYAMA Kazuko ) (ANDO Keiko, FURUKAWA Setsu, KANEKO Keiko, KASE Tomoko, Bird Research Sound Collection of Japanese BirdsĮnglish Translation: Asia Club, WBSJ Volunteer Group
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