Birds of Japan

Everything about Japan

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This book, a comprehensive modern field guide dedicated to Japan's rich and diverse avifauna, describes all 740 species in text, illustrations and distribution maps.... Show more

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Product description

Series	Lynx and BirdLife International Field Guides
Author	Otani Chikara
Language	English
ISBN	9788416728169 (hardcover) 9788416728121 (flexi-cover)
Publisher	Lynx Ediciones
Pages	392
Size	23 x 16 cm
Format	hardcover / paperback
Illustrations	Full colour, illustrations and maps
Year published	2019

Spanning more than 3000 km from northeast to southwest, the Japanese archipelago comprises four major islands and thousands of rocks and islets that stretch from Taiwan to the Russian Far East, and encompasses a wide range of habitats. Thus, arctic landscapes and alpine meadows in the north give way to subtropical forests in the south. These varied environments are home to some of the most dramatic and least-known birds in Asia, such as Steller’s Sea-eagle and Blakiston’s Eagle-owl on frozen Hokkaido. Some of the world’s rarest seabirds like Short-tailed Albatross and Bryan’s Shearwater breed on the country’s furthest-flung outposts, whilst the number of wintering cranes is of international importance. Exciting endemics like Amami Jay, Amami Woodcock and Okinawa Rail are found on the southern islands, and a suite of summer visitors ranges from the spectacular Fairy Pitta to the enigmatic Ijima’s Leaf-warbler. Few countries possess the ornithological allure of Japan!

Taxonomy follows the HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World.
Detailed texts covering status, habitat and behaviour, age, sex and geographical variation, voice, and confusion species.
Over 1800 illustrations covering all species and distinctive subspecies, birds in flight, males and females, juveniles and non-breeding plumages, where appropriate.
QR code for each species, linking to the Internet Bird Collection gallery of photos, videos and sounds.
More than 550 full-colour range maps for all species other than vagrants.
Well-marked subspecies groups receive full accounts, and the distributions of subspecies breeding in the region are clearly mapped.
Local species names included.

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