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National Natural Monument
Birds
Japanese Murrelet
Synthliboramphus wumizusume
A small seabird with a black crest-like cap, breeding on a limited number of islands around Japan. It lives at sea and eats small fish. With few breeding sites and vulnerability to introduced rats, it is a Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Synthliboramphus wumizusume
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Tokyo, Shizuoka, Mie, Fukuoka, Okinawa
- 日本語
- カンムリウミスズメ
- 简体中文
- 冠海雀
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Designated as a species without a fixed area. Markers show related prefectures.
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The Japanese Murrelet is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Tokyo, Shizuoka, Mie, Fukuoka, Okinawa.
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