title: List of Important Bird Areas in Japan
text: # List of Important Bird Areas in Japan
  
  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.
  
  ## Endemic Bird Areas
  
  | 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 |
  
  ### Secondary areas
  
  | 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 |
  
  ## Important Bird Areas
  
  | 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 |
  