Difference between revisions of "Yanbaru kuina"
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| + | *''Other Names'': アガチ ''(agachi)'', アガチャー ''(agachaa)'', ヤマドゥイ ''(yamadui)'' | ||
*''Japanese'': ヤンバルクイナ ''(Yanbaru kuina)'' | *''Japanese'': ヤンバルクイナ ''(Yanbaru kuina)'' | ||
| − | The ''Yanbaru kuina'' is a species of flightless bird, a rail, endemic to the [[Yanbaru]] region of northern [[Okinawa Island]]. | + | The ''Yanbaru kuina'' is a species of flightless bird, a rail, endemic to the [[Yanbaru]] region of northern [[Okinawa Island]]. It is the only flightless bird species in Japan. |
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| + | Though formally described and established as a new species by scientists only in 1981, the bird had been well-known to locals whose work took them into the forests; it was traditionally known by several names, including ''agachi'' or ''agachaa'' (a word related to the Japanese ''awateru'', describing the bird as rushing around, easily flustered), and simply as ''yamadui'' ("mountain bird"). | ||
They are known to eat a variety of fruits and small creatures, including bayberries (J: ''yamamomo''), snails, earthworms, and insects. Though flightless, they climb trees and sleep high in the branches in order to avoid predators. | They are known to eat a variety of fruits and small creatures, including bayberries (J: ''yamamomo''), snails, earthworms, and insects. Though flightless, they climb trees and sleep high in the branches in order to avoid predators. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | *Gallery labels, Yama to Mizu Seikatsu Hakubutsukan, Higashi Village, Okinawa.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49599706951/sizes/l/][https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49599963507/sizes/h/] | + | *Gallery labels, Yama to Mizu Seikatsu Hakubutsukan, Higashi Village, Okinawa.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49599706951/sizes/l/][https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49599963507/sizes/h/][https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49599705296/in/photostream/] |
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[[Category:Ryukyu]] | [[Category:Ryukyu]] | ||
[[Category:Flora and Fauna]] | [[Category:Flora and Fauna]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:58, 19 November 2021
- Other Names: アガチ (agachi), アガチャー (agachaa), ヤマドゥイ (yamadui)
- Japanese: ヤンバルクイナ (Yanbaru kuina)
The Yanbaru kuina is a species of flightless bird, a rail, endemic to the Yanbaru region of northern Okinawa Island. It is the only flightless bird species in Japan.
Though formally described and established as a new species by scientists only in 1981, the bird had been well-known to locals whose work took them into the forests; it was traditionally known by several names, including agachi or agachaa (a word related to the Japanese awateru, describing the bird as rushing around, easily flustered), and simply as yamadui ("mountain bird").
They are known to eat a variety of fruits and small creatures, including bayberries (J: yamamomo), snails, earthworms, and insects. Though flightless, they climb trees and sleep high in the branches in order to avoid predators.
Kuina populations are endangered by development, cars and other human sources of danger, and by the island's invasive mongoose population.[1]
