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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