T. Saitoh, G. Morimoto, Sayaka Kobayashi, Shigeki Asai, T. Hiraoka
{"title":"Catalogues of Bird Skin Specimens Donated to the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology by Mr. Tatsuo Kazama","authors":"T. Saitoh, G. Morimoto, Sayaka Kobayashi, Shigeki Asai, T. Hiraoka","doi":"10.3312/jyio.50.35","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3312/jyio.50.35","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55867,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72524981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Maturation of Plumage in the Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus Based on Birds of Known Sex and Age on Torishima","authors":"Satoshi Konno, Miwa Konno, F. Sato","doi":"10.3312/jyio.50.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3312/jyio.50.1","url":null,"abstract":"To facilitate the accurate description of plumage of the Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus, we classified plumage into eight components, based on photos taken at a breeding colony on Torishima, Izu Islands. Plumage components of 20 individuals just before fledging and 729 individuals of known sex and ranging in age from 2 to 26 years were scored. The plumage color became more whitish with age. The underbody plumage became white earlier than the upper body, whereas on the thigh, tibia and a posterior part of undertail coverts, dark brown feathers remained even in older age. The upper body turned white from the uppertail coverts towards the front, whereas dark brown feathers remained on the mantle, scapulars and nape, even in older age. The upperwing and underwing were often the same score. The progress of the score was earlier for males than for females. At every age from 3 to 18 years, the summed score of seven components (the underwing score was excluded) was significantly different between sexes, although older age males and females could be considered to have the same score. Individuals with a dark brown mantle, scapulars, rump and uppertail coverts were of age of 5 or less years and had not yet bred, except for a few females. Many individuals started breeding after they had a white part on the rump and uppertail coverts. Males reached final plumage pattern at the age of 8 to 15 years, while females reached final plumage pattern at the age of 11 to 20 years or older.","PeriodicalId":55867,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88391033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Catalogue of Bird Specimens Donated by Mr. Shigenobu Tachibana to the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology","authors":"Sayaka Kobayashi, Takuya Suzuki","doi":"10.3312/JYIO.49.75","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3312/JYIO.49.75","url":null,"abstract":"Mr. Shigenobu Tachibana donated his private bird collection to the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology. The donated collection totalled 276 specimens, consisting of 255 skins, two fluid-preserved birds, three feather sets and 16 eggs. Many of the specimens were collected from the Sanriku coast, northeast of Miyagi Prefecture, from 1949 to 2008. This area was damaged by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and many museum specimens were lost. Therefore, these donated specimens from the Sanriku coast which were not destroyed by the earthquake are especially valuable for ornithology in Japan.","PeriodicalId":55867,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology","volume":"27 1","pages":"75-96"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76036530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Monitoring Breeding Performance of the Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris on Kabushima Island, Japan, from 2012 to 2017: A Record of Intruder Red Foxes Vulpes vulpes in 2017","authors":"N. Tomita, A. Narita, Y. Iwami","doi":"10.3312/JYIO.49.63","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3312/JYIO.49.63","url":null,"abstract":"We monitored the breeding performance of Black-tailed Gulls Larus crassirostris on Kabushima Island, which has been connected to Honshu Island by a manmade isthmus since the 1940’s, from 2012 to 2017. The mean clutch size from 2014 to 2017 (2.01‒2.16) was higher than in 2012 and 2013 (1.57‒1.64), but the productivity (no. fledgling per egg) from 2014 and 2017 (0.01‒0.09) was lower than in 2012 and 2013 (0.23‒0.29), especially the lowest productivity in 2017 (0.01). Poor productivity in 2017 might be attributed to disturbance by Red Foxes Vulpes vulpes that were observed at Kabushima Island during the breeding period in 2017.","PeriodicalId":55867,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology","volume":"69 1","pages":"63-68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90965946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tomomi Oosugi, H. Okabe, Masatada Takemoto, Jun-ichi Yanaga
{"title":"The Change of Avifauna in Isahaya Bay Regulating Reservoir and Its Surroundings","authors":"Tomomi Oosugi, H. Okabe, Masatada Takemoto, Jun-ichi Yanaga","doi":"10.3312/JYIO.49.109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3312/JYIO.49.109","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries reclaimed Isahaya Bay to promote agriculture and prevent natural disaster, such as a storm surge. As part of surveys being conducted to monitor the environmental impact of this reclamation project we recorded bird species observed in Isahaya Bay and counted the number of individuals belonging to some orders, such as waterfowl and shorebirds. We divided the whole study period into three, based on the establishment of a sea levee and the completion of the project, and then compiled the change of avifauna corresponding to those periods. Before the reclamation project, Isahaya Bay was a major habitat for the birds living in tidal flats that represented the shorebirds. The establishment of the sea levee resulted in disappearance of the tidal flat; consequently, Pluvialis squatarola, Numenius qrauata, N. madagascariensis, Calidris alpina, Tadorna tadorna, Larus saundersi decreased in number. The project also established a regulating reservoir; thereafter, Anas strepera, A. falcata, A. penelope, Aythya marila, A. ferina, A. fuligula, Podiceps cristatus, Fulica atra increased in number. It is noteworthy that since 1997 when reclaimed land was created, the following endangered birds were regularly observed: the genera Anser (including A. fabalis and A. albifrons) and Grus (including Grus vipio and G. monacha), Circus spilonotus, Glareola maldivarum, Sterna albifrons and Falco peregrinus. As a shrub community including Mallotus japonicus, Ulmus davidiana and Celtis sinensis grew in the Phragmites australis community, the following species that inhabit the forest landscape increased in number; Aegithalos caudatus, Troglodytes troglodytes, Poecile varius, Eophona personata.","PeriodicalId":55867,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology","volume":"1 1","pages":"109-121"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90361612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Features of Stubble of Rice Fields Used for Foraging by Bewick's Swans","authors":"Tomokazu Watanabe, Hironobu Tajiri","doi":"10.3312/JYIO.49.53","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3312/JYIO.49.53","url":null,"abstract":"We investigated conditions of stubble used by Bewickʼs Swans Cygnus columbianus for foraging at a rice Oryza sativa field zone of Nishikanbara area near Lake Sakata in Echigo Plain in Niigata Prefecture, where many Bewickʼs Swans winter. Field observations were conducted on 23th November and 21th December 2003, and 12th January and 15th February 2004. Swans seemed to select stubble on unplowed land where the degree of vegetation cover was low and the cover degree of scattered rice straw was high.","PeriodicalId":55867,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology","volume":"32 1","pages":"53-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87444481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Nakamura, Rija Sylvain Rakotosoa, Eric Rakotomalala, Hajanirina Rakotomanana
{"title":"Nest-building Behavior of the Endemic Helmet Vanga Euryceros prevostii in Madagascar","authors":"M. Nakamura, Rija Sylvain Rakotosoa, Eric Rakotomalala, Hajanirina Rakotomanana","doi":"10.3312/JYIO.49.69","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3312/JYIO.49.69","url":null,"abstract":"To determine the mating system of the endemic Helmet Vanga Euryceros prevostii in Madagascar, its nest-building behavior was studied from 27 September to 11 October 2015 on the Masoala Peninsula, Northeastern Madagascar. We found one nest which was open cup-shaped placed on the horizontal branch of a tree. Two birds were individually identified through differences in the spot and shape of the mandible. The two birds (probably male and female) made the nest. This result suggests that the Helmet Vanga is a socially monogamous species.","PeriodicalId":55867,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology","volume":"14 1","pages":"69-74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72469678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Revised Japanese Names for Species of Owls (Strigiformes)","authors":"Takeshi Yamasaki, Tatsuaki Kameya, Noriko Ota","doi":"10.3312/JYIO.49.31","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3312/JYIO.49.31","url":null,"abstract":"Japanese names are a useful tool for Japanese speakers to communicate about birds. However, over 30 years have already passed since the most influential book treating all modern birds and providing Japanese names, “A World List of Birds” (Yamashina 1986), was published. During that time, the classification of birds has undergone major changes. Here we provide a revised list of Japanese names of owl species (Strigiformes) which adopts the latest classification system (Gill & Donsker 2017). When compiling our list, we paid attention to ensuring the stability, brevity and correctness of Japanese names.","PeriodicalId":55867,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology","volume":"18 1","pages":"31-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74735347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Invasion and Range Expansion of the Eastern Moustached Laughingthrush Garrulax cinereiceps to Shikoku, Japan","authors":"Hitoha E. Amano","doi":"10.3312/JYIO.49.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3312/JYIO.49.1","url":null,"abstract":"The Moustached Laughingthrush Garrulax cineraceus is an alien species in Japan that has been recorded up until now only in southwestern Shikoku. On October 4, 2015, five birds were captured for the first time in Kagawa Prefecture, northeastern Shikoku, indicating that the range of this species in Japan is expanding. In the most-recent checklist (del Hoyo & Collar 2016), G. cineraceus is split into two species: G. cineraceus and G. cinereiceps. The dull dark grey or brownish grey on the crown, the chestnut or yellowish brown (antique brown) supercilium and ear-coverts, and either no or just a narrow blackish postocular eyestripe indicated these five birds to be G. cinereiceps, which occurs naturally in central and southern China. Measures to combat this alien species are needed urgently to prevent G. cinereiceps becoming established outside of Shikoku and spreading over the rest of Japan.","PeriodicalId":55867,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology","volume":"14 1","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84358847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sayako Kuroda, Sayaka Kobayashi, T. Saitoh, Y. Iwami, Shigeki Asai
{"title":"Avifauna of the Imperial Palace from July 2013 to May 2017","authors":"Sayako Kuroda, Sayaka Kobayashi, T. Saitoh, Y. Iwami, Shigeki Asai","doi":"10.3312/JYIO.49.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3312/JYIO.49.8","url":null,"abstract":"A line census survey has been undertaken at the Imperial Palace, Tokyo, every month since 1965. From July 2013 to May 2017 we conducted a monthly line transect census of 4.1 km between 9 : 00‒12 : 00 and a twice-yearly capture census with 5‒7 mist nets (6 or 12 m length). During the line census, we observed 16,493 individuals of 67 species, with 16 species being numerically dominant (90%). Compared to the preceding line census study (2009‒2013), the numbers of Apus nipalensis, Dendrocopos major, Aegithalos caudatus, and Emberiza variabilis showed an increase, whereas those of Anas zonorhyncha, Poecile montanus, Spodiopsar cineraceus, Anthus hodgsoni, Coccothraustes coccothraustes, Turdus naumanni, and Columba livia had decreased. The seasonal fluctuation in the number of species recorded was similar to the preceding study, in that from November to April, 25‒30 species were observed; thereafter the number of species declined to 15 species or less in August and September, and then increased to 20 species in October. Tachybaptus ruficollis, Streptopelia orientalis, Ardea cinerea, Accipiter gentilis, Dendrocopos kizuki, Corvus macrorhynchos, Poecile varius, Parus minor, Hypsipetes amaurotis, Cettia diphone, Aegithalos caudatus, Zosterops japonicus, Passer montanus and Motacilla alba were regarded as resident species. Anas zonorhyncha, Hirundo rustica, Chloris sinica and the above 14 species were thought to breed in or around the study area. We captured a total of 247 individuals, representing 20 species, among which Cyanoptila cyanomelana, Turdus cardis and T. obscurus were not recorded in the line census.","PeriodicalId":55867,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology","volume":"13 1","pages":"8-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88344658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}