List of Important Bird Areas in Japan

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This list of Important Bird Areas in Japan details the 7 Endemic Bird Areas (固有鳥類生息地域, Koyū chōrui seisoku chiiki) (EBAs) and 194 Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (重要野鳥生息地, Jōyō yachō seisoku-chi) (IBAs), including 69 Marine IBAs, identified by BirdLife International and its domestic partner the Wild Bird Society of Japan as of April 2022.^[1]^[2]

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Name	Prefecture	Altitude	Area	Restricted-range species	Coords.	Code
Izu Islands 伊豆諸島 Izu shotō	Tokyo	0–800 metres (0–2,625 ft)	300 square kilometres (120 sq mi)	Japanese wood pigeon, Japanese night heron, Ijima's leaf warbler, Izu thrush (Columba janthina, Gorsachius goisagi, Phylloscopus ijimae, Turdus celaenops)	34°44′N 139°24′E / 34.733°N 139.400°E / 34.733; 139.400 (Izu Islands)	146
Ogasawara Islands 小笠原諸島 Ogasawara shotō	Tokyo	0–400 metres (0–1,312 ft)	73 square kilometres (28 sq mi)	Bonin white-eye, Bonin grosbeak, Japanese wood pigeon, Bonin wood pigeon, Bonin thrush (Apalopteron familiare, Carpodacus ferreorostris, Columba janthina, Columba versicolor, Zoothera terrestris)	26°59′N 142°13′E / 26.983°N 142.217°E / 26.983; 142.217 (Ogasawara Islands)	147
Nansei Shoto 南西諸島 Nansei shotō	Kagoshima, Okinawa	0–1,900 metres (0–6,234 ft)	4,500 square kilometres (1,700 sq mi)	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)	30°20′N 130°31′E / 30.333°N 130.517°E / 30.333; 130.517 (Nansei Shoto)	148

Name	Prefecture	Restricted-range species	Code
Central Honshu lowland forests 本州中部低地林 Honshū chūbu teichi-rin		Japanese night heron (Gorsachius goisagi)	s089
Central Honshu montane forests 本州中部山岳林 Honshū chūbu sangaku-rin		Yellow bunting (Emberiza sulphurata)	s090
Iwo Islands 硫黄列島 Iō rettō	Tokyo	Japanese wood pigeon (Columba janthina)	s091
Japanese and Korean offshore islands 日本・韓国の離島 Nihon・Kankoku no ritō		Japanese wood pigeon (Columba janthina)	s092

Name	Prefecture	Municipality	Altitude	Area	Criteria	Trigger species	Coords.	Code
Rishiri island 利尻島 Rishiri-tō	Hokkaidō	Rishiri, Rishirifuji	0–1,700 metres (0–5,577 ft)	17,544 hectares (43,350 acres)	A3, A4i	Black-tailed gull, Japanese robin (Larus crassirostris, Larvivora akahige)	45°10′N 141°14′E / 45.167°N 141.233°E / 45.167; 141.233 (Abukuma River)	JP001
Lake Koetoi-Onuma 声問大沼 Koetoi-ōnuma	Hokkaidō	Wakkanai	0–5 metres (0–16 ft)	830 hectares (2,100 acres)	A4i	Tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus)	45°22′N 141°45′E / 45.367°N 141.750°E / 45.367; 141.750 (Lake Koetoi-Onuma)	JP002
Sarobetsu marsh サロベツ原野 Sarobetsu-genya	Hokkaidō	Horonobe, Teshio, Toyotomi, Wakkanai	0–10 metres (0–33 ft)	15,000 hectares (37,000 acres)	A4i	Bean goose (Anser fabalis)	45°06′N 141°41′E / 45.100°N 141.683°E / 45.100; 141.683 (Sarobetsu marsh)	JP003
Lake Kuccharo クッチャロ湖 Kutcharo-ko	Hokkaidō	Hamatonbetsu	0–5 metres (0–16 ft)	2,803 hectares (6,930 acres)	A4i, A4iii	Tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus)	45°08′N 142°18′E / 45.133°N 142.300°E / 45.133; 142.300 (Lake Kuccharo)	JP004
Esashi, Menashidomari 枝幸・目梨泊 Esashi・Menashidomari	Hokkaidō	Esashi	0–15 metres (0–49 ft)	5 hectares (12 acres)	A4i	Black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris)	45°02′N 142°31′E / 45.033°N 142.517°E / 45.033; 142.517 (Esashi, Menashidomari)	JP005
Teuri Island 天売島 Teuri-tō	Hokkaidō	Haboro	0–85 metres (0–279 ft)	546 hectares (1,350 acres)	A4i, A4ii, A4iii	Rhinoceros auklet, Black-tailed gull, Slaty-backed gull (Cerorhinca monocerata, Larus crassirostris, Larus schistisagus)	44°25′N 141°19′E / 44.417°N 141.317°E / 44.417; 141.317 (Teuri Island)	JP006
Lakes Komuke and Shibunotsunai コムケ湖・シブノツナイ湖 Komuke-ko・Shibunotsunai-ko	Hokkaidō	Monbetsu, Yūbetsu	0–5 metres (0–16 ft)	1,516 hectares (3,750 acres)	A4i	Northern pintail, Red-necked stint, Eurasian wigeon, Eurasian whimbrel (Anas acuta, Calidris ruficollis, Mareca penelope, Numenius phaeopus)	44°15′N 143°31′E / 44.250°N 143.517°E / 44.250; 143.517 (Lakes Komuke and Shibunotsunai)	JP007
Lakes Notoro and Abashiri 能取湖・網走湖 Notoro-ko・Abashiri-ko	Hokkaidō	Abashiri, Ōzora	0–10 metres (0–33 ft)	16,000 hectares (40,000 acres)	A1, A3, A4i	Latham's snipe, Red-crowned crane, Grey-tailed tattler (Gallinago hardwickii, Grus japonensis, Tringa brevipes)	44°03′N 144°10′E / 44.050°N 144.167°E / 44.050; 144.167 (Lakes Notoro and Abashiri)	JP008
Abukuma River 阿武隈川 Abukuma-gawa	Fukushima	Date, Fukushima	0–420 metres (0–1,378 ft)	660 hectares (1,600 acres)	A4i	Northern pintail (Anas acuta)	37°46′N 140°30′E / 37.767°N 140.500°E / 37.767; 140.500 (Abukuma River)	JP065

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