📙 Picture book
We will introduce the characteristics and ecology of the discovered creatures with photos.
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Asian shore crab
Crabs found while surfing....read more
African pompano
Beautiful fins that flutter like threads....read more
Asian House Martin
White hair on legs is cute....read more
Azure-winged Magpie
Characterized by the voice of "Guy Guy"....read more
Atractomorpha lata
The female appears to be piggybacking the male....read more
Asian comma
orange with black spots...read more
Anax nigrofasciatus nigrofasciatus
Silver yanma with black streaks on the chest...read more
African penguin
Can dive close to 100m....read more
Asian jumping mantis
A small praying mantis with a dead leaf color....read more
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Big black eyes....read more
Asian small-clawd otter
Inhabits rivers and marshes, and uses more than 12 different calls....read more
Angerona nigrisparsa
Small black spots scattered on wings....read more
Ashy minivet
The Japanese name comes from the squeaking sound of Hiriri....read more
Atergatis floridus
Interesting name, but poisonous species....read more
Asian constable butterfly
Wing color that looks like ink mixed with blue or green paint....read more
Argyreus hyperbius
It has a leopard print that shines in the grassland....read more
Asiatic dayflower
vivid blue petals....read more
Asian Swallowtail
Common swallowtail butterfly....read more
Alfred manta
Inhale plankton with a large mouth....read more
B
Black-faced Bunting
Calling small and sharp in the bush....read more
Brown Hawk-Owl
It has round and expressive yellow eyes....read more
Bluespotted cornetfish
Has an elongated cylindrical mouth and body....read more
Bigfin Reef Squid
has large fins....read more
Blue Rock Thrush
sings with a complex melody....read more
Black-tailed Gull
A typical Japanese seagull with a cat-like cry....read more
Bar-tailed Godwit
long, curved beak...read more
Blue-and-White Flycatcher
A kind of blue bird that represents Japan with beautiful twitter....read more
Banded coral shrim
red and white shrimp for cleaning....read more
Brown Dipper
Characterized by a sharp tail....read more
Black-footed Albatross
Dark brown body with white eyes....read more
Black scoter
All-black duck....read more
Black-crowned Night Heron
Beautiful red iris....read more
Buff-bellied Pipit
Earth-colored wagtail companion...read more
Barn Swallow
Comes in spring....read more
Black Kite
Cries in a high-pitched voice....read more
Banded houndshark
A small shark that swims near the ocean floor....read more
Boxfish
boxy silhouette....read more
Black-necked Grebe
The iris color is cool....read more
Bothriospermum zeylanicum
small lilac flowers hidden at the edges....read more
Bufflehead
The structural color of the head is beautiful....read more
Brown-eared Bulbul
Cries "hee yo hee yo"....read more
Bonin White-eye
Black triangular crest surrounds eyes....read more
Bull-headed Shrike
Searches for prey from trees by wagging its tail....read more
Black-headed Gull
There is a black spot behind the eye....read more
Bluestripe snapper
yellow body with 4 pale lines running...read more
Blue admiral
The lapis lazuli band is beautiful....read more
C
Carabus insulicola
Metallic wings with vertical stripes....read more
Common bluebottle
Vivid bluish-green with beautiful red accents....read more
Common slider
Alien Species of Interest, also known as "green turtles"...read more
Cattle Egret
characterized by brown summer plumage...read more
Checkered snapper
Has a mesh-like pattern on its back....read more
Cyrestis thyodamas
has streaks like stone cliffs....read more
Cheekspot scorpionfish
Flashy crimson body color....read more
Common Sandpiper
characterized by a high-pitched cry...read more
Common Reed Bunting
It stops vertically on thin legs....read more
Cryptoblepharus boutonii nigropunctatus
Has transparent snake-like eyelids....read more
Cocktail wrasse
The pattern of the male is impressive....read more
Crow swallowtail
Swallowtail butterfly with beautiful blue and green wings...read more
Common Merganser
Elongated duck with a flesh-colored beak....read more
Common Kingfisher
The structure color blue-green is beautiful....read more
Crested serpent eagle
It has a crest of white feathers on the back of its head....read more
Chinese hwamei
Makes a beautiful chirping sound in the forest....read more
Common Pheasant
The national bird of Japan that is familiar to Momotaro....read more
Common Grass Yellow
Familiar butterfly with yellow wings....read more
Clione
Swims with a pair of wing legs in front of the transparent body....read more
Chinese Grosbeak
Black head behind the eyes....read more
Common Teal
Also good at diving smoothly....read more
Chinese bamboo pheasant
gray and orange head....read more
Common Glider
Blackish brown with three white lines running....read more
Common Kestrel
small peregrine falcon that lives in farmland...read more
Carrhotus xanthogramma
A jumping spider that can be seen in parks and houses....read more
Calopteryx atrata
Also known as ``Burning Dragonfly''...read more
Commons shoveler
long and big beak...read more
Common Moorhen
swims slowly with feet suitable for walking....read more
Coal tit
Short crest and pointed head....read more
Common Goldeneye
Its Japanese name comes from the white markings on its cheeks....read more
Common pochard
Bright reddish-brown plumage....read more
Coenobita purpureus
Violet legs tightly closed when alerted....read more
Citron
The fragrant yellow fruit is a winter tradition....read more
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Dasyatis izuensis
Named because it was found in the Izu Peninsula....read more
Daurian Redstart
The sound of hitting flints together....read more
Dorcus striatipennis
Vertical lines running down the back....read more
Ducetia japonica
streaks along head and back....read more
Daimio tethys
Hensericho with a stylish white crest....read more
Dhiho's seahorse
Wrapping its body in seaweed....read more
Duniln
They come to the tidal flats in large numbers....read more
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Eurasian Bullfinch
The crimson color of the throat....read more
Eurasian Coot
White forehead and red iris....read more
Eurasian Magpie
with bright blue wings...read more
Eastern Spot-billed Duck
Swept away by the current of the river and spinning round and round....read more
Eurasian nuthatch
roams tree trunks....read more
Euricania facialis
transparent wings with a black border....read more
Elegant blenny
A brown line enters the eye vertically....read more
Eastern Buzzard
Named for the way it glides near the ground...read more
Eurasian Wigeon
Cries with a whistle-like voice....read more
Eurasian skylark
A spring bird popular all over the world....read more
East Asian Common octopus
Change body color to mimic....read more
Eurasian Wren
Sings loudly for its small size....read more
Eurasian Oystercatcher
carrot-like orange beak...read more
Eurasian Hoopoe
Derived from the fact that the spread crest feathers look like eight heads....read more
F
False kelpfish
spines on dorsal fin....read more
Fiddler crab
Big scissors like pliers are cool...read more
Far Eastern Skink
Became a different species from Japanese lizard (Plestiodon japonicus)....read more
Flathead mullet
bounce off the water surface....read more
Flathead
The head is flat and flat....read more
G
Greenshank
Feet not so blue as blue....read more
Green Sea turtle
The most familiar sea turtle....read more
Grey Heron
Scientific name means "grey heron"....read more
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Red under belly....read more
Golden-ringed dragonfly
Yellow stripes and bright green compound eyes. It takes about 5 years to reach adulthood....read more
Great Cormorant
Features green iris and yellow mouth corners....read more
Great Crested Grebe
crested grebe...read more
Grey-tailed Tattler
Catch crabs on the shore....read more
Goldcrest
Chrysanthemum flower-like yellow feathers on the head....read more
Grey Wagtail
A wagtail with a distinctive yellow color that can be recognized at a glance....read more
Grey Bunting
Lurk in the dark bush....read more
Great Egret
Japan's largest egret...read more
Grey Plover
Natsuha's belly is black....read more
gold-banded lily
Opening large petals in the forest....read more
grass crab spiders
A green spider that lives on leaves and trees....read more
H
Hydrangea
ornamental flower with developed calyx. "Patient love"....read more
Hagenomyia micans MacLachlan
The larva is an ant. Beautiful translucent wings....read more
Honeycomb grouper
A pattern that looks like a polygonal pattern....read more
Huenia heraldica
Camouflages with seaweed on its head....read more
Humpback whale
curious "singing whale"...read more
Hawfinch
strong beak, sharp call...read more
Honshu pipefish
Caudal fin screaming....read more
House Swift
Fly quickly with long wings....read more
Horned Grebe
A head with clearly separated black and white....read more
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J
Japanese Green Woodpecker
Endemic to Japan. The bark is like a whistle....read more
Japanese Rat Snake
Body length is more than 2m....read more
Japanese Green Pigeon
fly to drink salt water...read more
Japanese Wood Pigeon
It features a bright head called "Akapoppo"....read more
Japanese Common Toad
A toad found in gardens....read more
Japanese Grosbeak
yellow with strong beak....read more
Japanese spiny lobster
Encased in a tough shell....read more
Japanese Bush Warbler
One of Japan's three songbirds....read more
Japanese Clouded Apollo
Swallowtail butterfly with transparent wings....read more
Japanese rhinoceros beetle
Throw away with great strength and big horns....read more
Japanese accentor
Forages by walking through bushes....read more
Japanese Dart
dark yellow with brown mottling....read more
Japanese black porgy
Also known as "Chinu" in fishing, it is popular....read more
Japanese white stork
A large bird with a long, sharp beak....read more
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
A small woodpecker that you can meet up close....read more
Japanese eel catfish
Juveniles produce "gonzui balls"....read more
Japanese Freshwater Crab
Japanese endemic species living in mountain streams...read more
Japanese Paradise Flycatcher
The long tail feathers of a male are three times as large as the body...read more
Japanese Tit
Beautiful yellow-green back....read more
Japanese striped loach
Has oval spots and stays motionless on the riverbed....read more
Japanese spine-less cuttlefish
From the spread of discharge that makes your buttocks look like it's burning....read more
Japanese Wagtail
The contrast of black and white is strong....read more
Japanese crane
A bird with a bright red crown....read more
Japanese Sparrowhawk
A small hawk, not a high-pitched one....read more
Japanese weasel
stand on two legs and look around....read more
Japanese grass lizard
The most familiar reptile with a long tail....read more
Japanese serow
forest cow with short horns....read more
Japanese gecko
Change body color according to surrounding color....read more
Japanese squirrel
Only trees such as acorns are buried in the ground and "stored"....read more
Japanese grasshopper
a locust whose wings are longer than its legs....read more
Japanese giant flying squirrel
Glide like a glider....read more
Japanese White-eye
Distinctive white eye ring....read more
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Long tailed blue
It has compound eyes and antennae-like patterns....read more
Long-tailed Tit
A popular wild bird with a cute face...read more
Long Tail Spangle
It is characterized by thin black wings and a red patch on the hind wings....read more
Little Grebe
Parenting in calm waters....read more
Lixus impressiventris
The color and shape look like katsuobushi....read more
Little Tern
The sudden descent from hovering is splendid....read more
Little Egret
A heron with a fashionable summer crest....read more
Lillacine Bushbrown
Eyeballs line the edge of the back....read more
Little Ringed Plover
Distinctive yellow eye ring....read more
Libythea celtis
The tip of the face protrudes like a long-nosed goblin....read more
Lotus
pure heart. The root is lotus root....read more
Long-toed Stint
Sandpiper as small as a skylark....read more
Long-tailed Rosefinch
The red color of the male shines in the river bed...read more
Lesser Cuckoo
A familiar cry from "Nakananara"....read more
M
Mnais pruinosa
metallic green....read more
Mandarin duck
Male breeding plumage is colorful....read more
Mew Gull
Characterized by a high-pitched cry, American English name mew is the sound of a cat....read more
Multicolorfin rainbowfish
Reddish brown dotted line between the black lines....read more
Myriochile specularis
The forewing has a casual crest....read more
Mute Swan
There is a hump at the base of the beak....read more
Moorish idol
long white dorsal fin....read more
Micadina phluctainoides
with degenerate wings...read more
Meadow Bunting
look up, puff out your chest and sing...read more
Mallard
The male's head is bright green....read more
Moon Jelly
Jellyfish commonly found on beaches...read more
N
Neoclinus lacunicola
white horizontal stripes running...read more
Nelima genufusca
Has wire-like legs and is nicknamed "Uncle Long Legs" in the United States....read more
Northern Pintail
The long tail of the male is characteristic....read more
Narcissus Flycatcher
When it gets warmer, it comes to the bright forest....read more
Neoscona scylloides
Abdomen bright green....read more
Neon damselfish
A beautiful blue like neon....read more
Northern Lapwing
Glossy green back...read more
Natumann's Thrush
Walks or stops on the ground....read more
Nymphalis xanthomelas
dark color reminiscent of the crimson cords of weapons...read more
Neptis philyra
Three white lines running....read more
Narathura japonica
The blue-purple gradation is beautiful....read more
O
Orthetrum triangulare melania
looks more light blue than white dragonfly...read more
Oriental reed warbler
A sharp voice called "Gyogyoshi" is heard from Yoshihara....read more
Oriental Greenfinch
Perched on a branch like a bell....read more
Oriental Turtle Dove
Crying "de de po po"...read more
Orbicular batfish
Juveniles camouflage on dead leaves....read more
Olive flounder
Both eyes on the left side of the body....read more
Olive-backed Pipit
Vertical stripes on belly....read more
Ophichthus zophistius
Only the face is exposed during the daytime....read more
Oval butterflyfish
3 black streaks run down the body....read more
Oberonia japonica
The drooping inflorescence looks like a string....read more
P
Palaemon pacificus
Glass-like body....read more
Pellucid hawk moth
has transparent wings without scales....read more
Pacific Reef Heron
solitary wild heron...read more
Protaetia orientalis submarumorea
Copper color with fine white spots....read more
Pale Thrush
Lurking in winter bushes....read more
Peacock Pansy
has eyes like a peacock....read more
Palmadusta artuffeli
running brown band....read more
Plexippoides doenitzi
The species name comes from the German Dönitz who collected it....read more
Peregrine Falcon
Swoop to catch prey....read more
Purple Heron
Bluish purple color....read more
Pale grass blue
butterflies that can be seen even in the city...read more
R
Red stingray
It has poisonous spines on its tail....read more
Red-throated Loon
Also called "Heike bird"....read more
Red-breasted merganse
Comes to coastal coves in winter....read more
round herring
big-eyed sardines....read more
Rustic Bunting
Characterized by bristling feathers on the top of the head....read more
Ruddy Turnstone
The mottled pattern was likened to a Kyoto woman wearing a kimono....read more
Rhynchocinetes uritai
A translucent body with a geometric pattern of red streaks....read more
Rana tagoi
A brown frog that lives in the forest....read more
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Slightly buff color on chest....read more
Red-flanked Bluetail
One of the three representative species of blue birds in Japan...read more
S
Shore crab
lead-colored tough-looking carapace...read more
Spotfin burrfish
Porcupinefish with short spines....read more
Striped beakfish
Running black stripes....read more
Straight Swift
Hind wings lined with silver stripes....read more
Striped shore crab
Runs around the rocky beach and eats sea lice, small fish and seaweed....read more
Slaty-backed gull
Black back and flight feathers....read more
Streaked Shearwater
eat anchovies on the surface of the sea....read more
Silver-lined Skipper
A silver streak runs along the underside of the wing....read more
Short-eared Owl
horned owl with short wings and rounded head....read more
Speckled butterflyfish
There are fine sesame-like spots on the body....read more
Schlegel's green tree frog
bright green....read more
Scaly Thrush
Cries with an eerie voice....read more
Sawtooth stag
A stag beetle with a curved jaw....read more
Spring star
Long narrow leaves resembling Chinese chives and white flowers....read more
Sheep
It has a wide peripheral vision and runs away when it senses danger....read more
Small Copper
Bright orange with black spots....read more
Sympetrum eroticum
There are black spots like eyebrows on the face....read more
Smew
The male's white plumage is beautiful....read more
Sympetrum pedemontanum elatum
Even the wing veins turn red...read more
Sanderling
Missing back finger near "heel"....read more
Speckled damselfish
beautiful juvenile orange and blue fish...read more
Spotted prawn-goby
Has bright yellow spots....read more
T
Tree nymph butterfly
Japan's largest tropical butterfly...read more
Tufted duck
Monotone duck....read more
Takifugu alboplumbeus
Puffer fish has poison in its internal organs and skin....read more
Twotone tang
blackish from face to tail (juvenile fish)...read more
Thornback cowfish
Blue spots spread all over the body....read more
Terek Sandpiper
The beak is upturned....read more
Threadfin butterflyfish
A diagonal black parallel line runs....read more
Tomato clownfish
Clownfish with one line....read more
Tiger Beetle
A beetle with a beautiful metallic luster....read more
Two-lined monocle bream
Two lines running above the eye....read more
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W
White Admiral
A white strip that runs in a V shape....read more
Wolf mantis
Catch prey with sickles on front legs....read more
Whooper swan
fairly large with wings open....read more
White-tailed eagle
Eagle with white tail feathers....read more
Water Rail
A vigilant "walking bird"....read more
Wood Sandpiper
Beautiful mottled pattern on wings....read more
wind flower
white flowers blooming in pairs....read more
White Wagtail
A familiar bird that raises and lowers its tail....read more
Western Osprey
Strong legs to catch fish....read more
White-cheeked Starling
Has a thin orange beak....read more
Y
Yellow hawkfish
The tip of the dorsal fin spine is open....read more
Yellow wagtail
Distinctive yellow eyebrows....read more
Ypthima argus
Has a snake-like pattern....read more
Yellow longnose butterflyfish
Yellow body with long long snout...read more
Yellow-throated bunting
Bright yellow throat...read more
