Birds observed on Kuchino-erabu Island, off Kagoshima, in Early Spring

Abstract

Kuchino-erabu I. is a small volcanic island (ca. 36 km²), lying about 12km west of Yakushima and about 70km south of Kagoshima Pref., Kyushu. I stayed on this island from 9 to 15 March 1977 and observed 32 species of birds. The followings were new sight records for the island: Butastur indicus, Tringa nebularia, Tringa glareola, Gallinago gallinago, Hirundo rustica, Anthus spinoletta, Turdus naumanni, Zosterops japonica, Emberiza fucata, Emberiza rustica, and Carduelis sinica.