📙 Picture book
We will introduce the characteristics and ecology of the discovered creatures with photos.
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Indo-Pacific sergeant
yellow back with 5 horizontal stripes...read more
Japanese black porgy
Also known as "Chinu" in fishing, it is popular....read more
Lined surgeonfish
Blue and yellow lines run....read more
Northern Goshawk
The Japanese name comes from its bluish-gray color....read more
Japanese Sparrowhawk
A small hawk, not a high-pitched one....read more
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
It looks smaller than a goshawk....read more
Oriental longheaded locust
Its long, slender body helps it camouflage itself with the surrounding leaves....read more
Oriental reed warbler
A sharp voice called "Gyogyoshi" is heard from Yoshihara....read more
Common Sandpiper
characterized by a high-pitched cry...read more
Long-tailed Tit
A popular wild bird with a cute face...read more
Mandarin duck
Male breeding plumage is colorful....read more
Eurasian skylark
A spring bird popular all over the world....read more
Persian silk tree
At night the leaves close like sleeping....read more
Common Kingfisher
The structure color blue-green is beautiful....read more
African pompano
Beautiful fins that flutter like threads....read more
Hollyhock
Blooms during the rainy season....read more
White-Breasted Waterhen
White from the face to the chest....read more
Spotted prawn-goby
Has bright yellow spots....read more
Tomato clownfish
Clownfish with one line....read more
Blue-spotted wrasse
The juvenile fish swims back and forth like a piece of seaweed....read more
Northern Pintail
The long tail of the male is characteristic....read more
Commons shoveler
long and big beak...read more
Teal
Also good at diving smoothly....read more
Balkal Teal
A face with a black, green, and brown Tomoe-shaped pattern...read more
Eurasian Wigeon
Cries with a whistle-like voice....read more
Mallard
The male's head is bright green....read more
Gadwall
Gray body with fine black patterns....read more
Eastern Spot-billed Duck
Swept away by the current of the river and spinning round and round....read more
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Silver yanma with black streaks on the chest...read more
Lesser Emperor
The third abdominal segment reflects silver....read more
wind flower
white flowers blooming in pairs....read more
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Small black spots scattered on wings....read more
Golden-ringed dragonfly
Yellow stripes and bright green compound eyes. It takes about 5 years to reach adulthood....read more
Olive-backed Pipit
Vertical stripes on belly....read more
Buff-bellied Pipit
Earth-colored wagtail companion...read more
Asian small-clawd otter
Inhabits rivers and marshes, and uses more than 12 different calls....read more
Bonin White-eye
Black triangular crest surrounds eyes....read more
House Swift
Fly quickly with long wings....read more
Great Egret
Japan's largest egret...read more
Grey Heron
Scientific name means "grey heron"....read more
Purple Heron
Bluish purple color....read more
Ruddy Turnstone
The mottled pattern was likened to a Kyoto woman wearing a kimono....read more
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It has a leopard print that shines in the grassland....read more
White-spotted puffer
A pufferfish with white polka dots....read more
Short-eared Owl
horned owl with short wings and rounded head....read more
Long-eared Owl
It has a blackish-brown tiger pattern....read more
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Interesting name, but poisonous species....read more
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The female appears to be piggybacking the male....read more
Moon Jelly
Jellyfish commonly found on beaches...read more
Common pochard
Bright reddish-brown plumage....read more
Tufted duck
Monotone duck....read more
Greater Scaup
Black mixed with green sheen....read more
Long-toed Stint
Sandpiper as small as a skylark....read more
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Chinese bamboo pheasant
gray and orange head....read more
Olive flounder
Both eyes on the left side of the body....read more
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small lilac flowers hidden at the edges....read more
Whip coral goby
The body is transparent like glass....read more
Cattle Egret
characterized by brown summer plumage...read more
Bufflehead
The structural color of the head is beautiful....read more
Common Goldeneye
Its Japanese name comes from the white markings on its cheeks....read more
Japanese common Toad
A toad found in gardens....read more
Grey-faced buzzard
It has white eyebrows....read more
Eastern Buzzard
Named for the way it glides near the ground...read more
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Sanderling
Missing back finger near "heel"....read more
Duniln
They come to the tidal flats in large numbers....read more
Red-necked Stint
A sparrow-sized migratory bird....read more
Temminick's Stint
A timber finch with yellow-green legs....read more
Great Knot
A little fat and round shape....read more
Streaked Shearwater
eat anchovies on the surface of the sea....read more
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Also known as ``Burning Dragonfly''...read more
Chinese trumpet vine
orange flowers bloom in summer....read more
Japanese serow
forest cow with short horns....read more
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Metallic wings with vertical stripes....read more
Oriental Greenfinch
Perched on a branch like a bell....read more
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A jumping spider that can be seen in parks and houses....read more
Pellucid hawk moth
has transparent wings without scales....read more
Threadfin butterflyfish
A diagonal black parallel line runs....read more
Speckled butterflyfish
There are fine sesame-like spots on the body....read more
Raccoon butterflyfish
a black and white band running around the eye...read more
Oval butterflyfish
3 black streaks run down the body....read more
Kentish Plover
hides well in sand...read more
Little Ringed Plover
Distinctive yellow eye ring....read more
Charadrius placidus
A little larger than the little plover....read more
Cigar wrasse
It looks a lot like seaweed....read more
Gurnard
Spread blue-green pectoral fins....read more
Green Sea turtle
The most familiar sea turtle....read more
Spotfin burrfish
Porcupinefish with short spines....read more
Indian Awlking
Hind wings orange color is one point....read more
Black-headed Gull
There is a black spot behind the eye....read more
two-striped green buprestid
Green metallic luster with red stripes....read more
Tiger Beetle
A beetle with a beautiful metallic luster....read more
Japanese white stork
A large bird with a long, sharp beak....read more
Brown Dipper
Characterized by a sharp tail....read more
Yellow hawkfish
The tip of the dorsal fin spine is open....read more
Zitting Cisticola
spread legs for balance....read more
Citron
The fragrant yellow fruit is a winter tradition....read more
Clione
Swims with a pair of wing legs in front of the transparent body....read more
Japanese striped loach
Has oval spots and stays motionless on the riverbed....read more
Seven-spot ladybird
Its red wings have seven spots....read more
Hawfinch
strong beak, sharp call...read more
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Violet legs tightly closed when alerted....read more
Japanese Wood Pigeon
It features a bright head called "Akapoppo"....read more
Asiatic dayflower
vivid blue petals....read more
crocosmia
Orange flowers bloom in summer....read more
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Has transparent snake-like eyelids....read more
Lesser Cuckoo
A familiar cry from "Nakananara"....read more
Azure-winged Magpie
Characterized by the voice of "Guy Guy"....read more
Blue-and-White Flycatcher
A kind of blue bird that represents Japan with beautiful twitter....read more
Whooper swan
fairly large with wings open....read more
Mute Swan
There is a hump at the base of the beak....read more
Swallowtail hawkfish
Caudal fin along like a swallow....read more
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has streaks like stone cliffs....read more
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Daimio tethys
Hensericho with a stylish white crest....read more
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Named because it was found in the Izu Peninsula....read more
Asian House Martin
White hair on legs is cute....read more
zebra turkeyfish
Beautiful fan-shaped pectoral fins....read more
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
A small woodpecker that you can meet up close....read more
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Red under belly....read more
Dermatobranchus striatellus
Navy blue vertical stripes and orange antennae....read more
Asian constable butterfly
Wing color that looks like ink mixed with blue or green paint....read more
Black-footed Albatross
Dark brown body with white eyes....read more
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You can find them in the city if you look for them....read more
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Vertical lines running down the back....read more
Honshu pipefish
Caudal fin screaming....read more
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streaks along head and back....read more
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Starry moray
A protruding yellow nasal tube....read more
Little Egret
A heron with a fashionable summer crest....read more
Pacific Reef Heron
solitary wild heron...read more
Japanese Rat Snake
Body length is more than 2m....read more
Ornate leaf slug
green body with black and white spots...read more
Meadow Bunting
look up, puff out your chest and sing...read more
Yellow-throated bunting
Bright yellow throat...read more
Pallas's Reed Bunting
The top and bottom of the beak are different colors....read more
Rustic Bunting
Characterized by bristling feathers on the top of the head....read more
Common Reed Bunting
It stops vertically on thin legs....read more
Black-faced Bunting
Calling small and sharp in the bush....read more
Grey Bunting
Lurk in the dark bush....read more
Dragon moray
2 nostrils sticking out...read more
Chinese Grosbeak
Black head behind the eyes....read more
Japanese Grosbeak
yellow with strong beak....read more
Blacktip grouper
red body with five horizontal stripes....read more
Starspotted grouper
white spots scattered in a stone wall pattern....read more
Honeycomb grouper
A pattern that looks like a polygonal pattern....read more
round herring
big-eyed sardines....read more
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A body that looks like it is covered with light green...read more
Common Grass Yellow
Familiar butterfly with yellow wings....read more
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transparent wings with a black border....read more
Little dragonfish
From the forehead like a long nose in Japanese....read more
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Peregrine Falcon
Swoop to catch prey....read more
Common Kestrel
small peregrine falcon that lives in farmland...read more
Narcissus Flycatcher
When it gets warmer, it comes to the bright forest....read more
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Slightly buff color on chest....read more
Bluespotted cornetfish
Has an elongated cylindrical mouth and body....read more
Yellow longnose butterflyfish
Yellow body with long long snout...read more
Eurasian Coot
White forehead and red iris....read more
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Its entire body is black, with slightly blue antennae....read more
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Common Moorhen
swims slowly with feet suitable for walking....read more
Chinese hwamei
Makes a beautiful chirping sound in the forest....read more
Masked laughing thrush
An alien species with square and black eyes....read more
Red-throated Loon
Also called "Heike bird"....read more
Geisha distinctissima
Small leaf-like shape...read more
Japanese gecko
Change body color according to surrounding color....read more
Japanese Freshwater Crab
Japanese endemic species living in mountain streams...read more
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has a red mesh pattern....read more
Gonodactylaceus falcatus
It peeks out of a hole in the reef....read more
Malaysian night heron
Brown body with black head....read more
Common bluebottle
Vivid bluish-green with beautiful red accents....read more
Large Brown Cicada
Makes a "zee" sound....read more
Japanese crane
A bird with a bright red crown....read more
Kidako moray
A mouth slit behind the eyes and lined with sharp teeth....read more
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Eurasian Oystercatcher
carrot-like orange beak...read more
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The larva is an ant. Beautiful translucent wings....read more
White-tailed eagle
Eagle with white tail feathers....read more
Multicolorfin rainbowfish
Reddish brown dotted line between the black lines....read more
Motleystripe rainbowfish
changes sex from female to male....read more
Asian ladybird beetle
The markings have a variety of patterns....read more
Shore crab
lead-colored tough-looking carapace...read more
Asian shore crab
Crabs found while surfing....read more
Red stingray
It has poisonous spines on its tail....read more
Grey-tailed Tattler
Catch crabs on the shore....read more
Indo-Pacific mantis
Can be seen until late autumn. It is characterized by the white stripes on the forewings....read more
Dhiho's seahorse
Wrapping its body in seaweed....read more
Barn Swallow
Comes in spring....read more
Japanese Bush Warbler
One of Japan's three songbirds....read more
fish mint
Has a peculiar odor but is not "poisonous"....read more
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Camouflages with seaweed on its head....read more
Hyalessa maculaticollis
As its Japanese name suggests, it makes the sound "meenminmin"....read more
Hydrangea
ornamental flower with developed calyx. "Patient love"....read more
Brown-eared Bulbul
Cries "hee yo hee yo"....read more
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Thornback cowfish
Blue spots spread all over the body....read more
Red Deadnettle
Contains a small amount of sweet nectar....read more
Long tailed blue
It has compound eyes and antennae-like patterns....read more
Bull-headed Shrike
Searches for prey from trees by wagging its tail....read more
Mew Gull
Characterized by a high-pitched cry, American English name mew is the sound of a cat....read more
Black-tailed Gull
A typical Japanese seagull with a cat-like cry....read more
Slaty-backed gull
Black back and flight feathers....read more
Silver-lined Skipper
A silver streak runs along the underside of the wing....read more
Spangled emperor
The mouth is pointed like a flute....read more
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The tip of the face protrudes like a long-nosed goblin....read more
gold-banded lily
Opening large petals in the forest....read more
White Admiral
A white strip that runs in a V shape....read more
Bar-tailed Godwit
long, curved beak...read more
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The color and shape look like katsuobushi....read more
Migratory locust
It is also called the Daimyo grasshopper....read more
Checkered snapper
Has a mesh-like pattern on its back....read more
Bluestripe snapper
yellow body with 4 pale lines running...read more
Small Copper
Bright orange with black spots....read more
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There is a black mark in the center of the chest....read more
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Falcated duck
The male looks like he's wearing a Napoleon hat....read more
Crested Kingfisher
Its feathers stand up like a crown....read more
Humpback whale
curious "singing whale"...read more
Velvet scoter
A crescent-shaped pattern appears under the eye....read more
Black scoter
All-black duck....read more
Smew
The male's white plumage is beautiful....read more
Common Merganser
Elongated duck with a flesh-colored beak....read more
Red-breasted merganse
Comes to coastal coves in winter....read more
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with degenerate wings...read more
Stripey
Yellow and black stripes....read more
Black Kite
Cries in a high-pitched voice....read more
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metallic green....read more
Alfred manta
Inhale plankton with a large mouth....read more
Blue Rock Thrush
sings with a complex melody....read more
White Wagtail
A familiar bird that raises and lowers its tail....read more
Grey Wagtail
A wagtail with a distinctive yellow color that can be recognized at a glance....read more
Yellow wagtail
Distinctive yellow eyebrows....read more
Japanese Wagtail
The contrast of black and white is strong....read more
Flathead mullet
bounce off the water surface....read more
Yellowfin goatfishお
Yellow stripes run along it....read more
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Big black eyes....read more
Grey-streaked Flycatcher
A dark brown vertical stripe runs down the belly....read more
Japanese weasel
stand on two legs and look around....read more
The Lillacine Bushbrown
Eyeballs line the edge of the back....read more
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The forewing has a casual crest....read more
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The blue-purple gradation is beautiful....read more
Nelima genufusca
Has wire-like legs and is nicknamed "Uncle Long Legs" in the United States....read more
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white horizontal stripes running...read more
Neoclinus okazakii
with fine ocular epithelial flap...read more
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Abdomen bright green....read more
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Three white lines running....read more
Common Glider
Blackish brown with three white lines running....read more
Brown Hawk-Owl
It has round and expressive yellow eyes....read more
Whimbrel
Distinctive feature is the downward curved beak....read more
Japanese raccoon dog
The face is bordered with white fur and the area around the eyes is dark brown....read more
Black-crowned Night Heron
Beautiful red iris....read more
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dark color reminiscent of the crimson cords of weapons...read more
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Oberonia japonica
The drooping inflorescence looks like a string....read more
East Asian Common octopus
Change body color to mimic....read more
Elegant blenny
A brown line enters the eye vertically....read more
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Only the face is exposed during the daytime....read more
Striped beakfish
Running black stripes....read more
Common skimmer
The male's blue compound eyes are beautiful....read more
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looks more light blue than white dragonfly...read more
Boxfish
boxy silhouette....read more
Ryukyu scops owl
Insect-eaten patterns blending in with the trees....read more
Sheep
It has a wide peripheral vision and runs away when it senses danger....read more
Japanese grasshopper
a locust whose wings are longer than its legs....read more
grass crab spiders
A green spider that lives on leaves and trees....read more
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Striped shore crab
Runs around the rocky beach and eats sea lice, small fish and seaweed....read more
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Glass-like body....read more
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running brown band....read more
Western Osprey
Strong legs to catch fish....read more
Japanese spiny lobster
Encased in a tough shell....read more
Crow swallowtail
Swallowtail butterfly with beautiful blue and green wings...read more
The Long Tail Spangle
It is characterized by thin black wings and a red patch on the hind wings....read more
Asian Swallowtail
Common swallowtail butterfly....read more
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White green and black pattern....read more
Straight Swift
Hind wings lined with silver stripes....read more
Japanese Clouded Apollo
Swallowtail butterfly with transparent wings....read more
Bicolor goatfish
Goatfish with yellow rear part....read more
Whitesaddle goatfish
Swimming in small groups near the bottom of the water....read more
Manybar goatfish
The barbels on the lower jaw are likened to an "uncle"....read more
Japanese Tit
Beautiful yellow-green back....read more
Varied Tit
orange belly and blue-gray wings....read more
Tree Sparrow
Brown body with black throat and cheeks....read more
Cinnamon Sparrow
Sparrows without black spots on cheeks....read more
Ashy minivet
The Japanese name comes from the squeaking sound of Hiriri....read more
Coal tit
Short crest and pointed head....read more
Japanese giant flying squirrel
Glide like a glider....read more
Great Cormorant
Features green iris and yellow mouth corners....read more
Common Pheasant
The national bird of Japan that is familiar to Momotaro....read more
Daurian Redstart
The sound of hitting flints together....read more
Kamchatka Leaf Warbler
They come during the migration season....read more
Eurasian Magpie
with bright blue wings...read more
Japanese Green Woodpecker
Endemic to Japan. The bark is like a whistle....read more
Piano fangblenny
Elongated body with black dots....read more
Orbicular batfish
Juveniles camouflage on dead leaves....read more
Flathead
The head is flat and flat....read more
Blackbar devil
There is a black spot in front of the caudal fin....read more
Plectroglyphidodon leucozonus
There is a white band in the middle of the body....read more
Far Eastern Skink
Became a different species from Japanese lizard (Plestiodon japonicus)....read more
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The species name comes from the German Dönitz who collected it....read more
Japanese eel catfish
Juveniles produce "gonzui balls"....read more
Grey Plover
Natsuha's belly is black....read more
Horned Grebe
A head with clearly separated black and white....read more
Great Crested Grebe
crested grebe...read more
Black-necked Grebe
The iris color is cool....read more
Willow tit
It looks like it's wearing a black beret....read more
Asian comma
orange with black spots...read more
Speckled damselfish
beautiful juvenile orange and blue fish...read more
Neon damselfish
A beautiful blue like neon....read more
Japanese beetle
There is a white stripe along the edge of the abdomen....read more
The Japanese Dart
dark yellow with brown mottling....read more
Sawtooth stag
A stag beetle with a curved jaw....read more
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Copper color with fine white spots....read more
Japanese accentor
Forages by walking through bushes....read more
Sea goldie
bright goldfish-like color....read more
Pteraeolidia ianthina
Has blue-purple minoes....read more
Cocktail wrasse
The pattern of the male is impressive....read more
Blackfin dartfish
The back half of the body is black....read more
Bicolor chromisii
Navy body with white tail fin....read more
Eurasian Bullfinch
The crimson color of the throat....read more
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Water Rail
A vigilant "walking bird"....read more
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A brown frog that lives in the forest....read more
Goldcrest
Chrysanthemum flower-like yellow feathers on the head....read more
Schlegel's green tree frog
bright green....read more
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A translucent body with a geometric pattern of red streaks....read more
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Japanese squirrel
Only trees such as acorns are buried in the ground and "stored"....read more
Two-lined monocle bream
Two lines running above the eye....read more
Cheekspot scorpionfish
Flashy crimson body color....read more
False kelpfish
spines on dorsal fin....read more
Japanese spine-less cuttlefish
From the spread of discharge that makes your buttocks look like it's burning....read more
Bigfin Reef Squid
has large fins....read more
Field madder
small flowers bloom on roadsides....read more
Eurasian nuthatch
roams tree trunks....read more
African penguin
Can dive close to 100m....read more
Crested serpent eagle
It has a crest of white feathers on the back of its head....read more
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Interesting twisted inflorescence....read more
Asian jumping mantis
A small praying mantis with a dead leaf color....read more
Banded coral shrim
red and white shrimp for cleaning....read more
Little Tern
The sudden descent from hovering is splendid....read more
Common Tern
Black helmet-like head....read more
Oriental Turtle Dove
Crying "de de po po"...read more
White-cheeked Starling
Has a thin orange beak....read more
Red-billed Starling
A starling with a gray-brown head....read more
Lined sea hare
Fine streaks run vertically....read more
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There are black spots like eyebrows on the face....read more
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Even the wing veins turn red...read more
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Little Grebe
Parenting in calm waters....read more
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Puffer fish has poison in its internal organs and skin....read more
Vermiculated puffer
Has fine spots on the back....read more
Japanese grass lizard
The most familiar reptile with a long tail....read more
Red-flanked Bluetail
One of the three representative species of blue birds in Japan...read more
Wolf mantis
Catch prey with sickles on front legs....read more
Japanese Paradise Flycatcher
The long tail feathers of a male are three times as large as the body...read more
Moon wrasse
Colorful wrasse....read more
Yellow-brown wrasse
Colorful body and shady head....read more
Common slider
Alien Species of Interest, also known as "green turtles"...read more
Japanese Green Pigeon
fly to drink salt water...read more
Banded houndshark
A small shark that swims near the ocean floor....read more
Japanese snake gourd
Lace-like flowers bloom at night....read more
Wood Sandpiper
Beautiful mottled pattern on wings....read more
Greenshank
Feet not so blue as blue....read more
Common Redshank
Orange legs and beak....read more
Tritoniopsis elegans
Finely branched white dorsal process....read more
Eurasian Wren
Sings loudly for its small size....read more
Japanese rhinoceros beetle
Throw away with great strength and big horns....read more
Brown-headed thrush
It was called "Chajinai" (written as "brown thrush")....read more
Natumann's Thrush
Walks or stops on the ground....read more
Naumann's Thrush
Compared to the thrush, its entire body is brick-colored....read more
Pale Thrush
Lurking in winter bushes....read more
Southern Cattail
Produces brown flower spikes....read more
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Moorish idol
long white dorsal fin....read more
Ruddy crake
Scarlet crake...read more
Baillon's crake
White lines run sparsely....read more
Twotone tang
blackish from face to tail (juvenile fish)...read more
Pale grass blue
butterflies that can be seen even in the city...read more
Scaly Thrush
Cries with an eerie voice....read more
Japanese White-eye
Distinctive white eye ring....read more