Jogashima Habitat of Japanese Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant and Pacific Reef Heron

A large seabird with glossy black plumage that nests on rocky coasts and islands and dives for fish. It has also been used in traditional cormorant fishing. Many of its breeding and visiting sites around Japan are Natural Monuments.

A cormorant slightly smaller than the Japanese Cormorant, which nests on sea cliffs and develops white flank patches in the breeding season. In Japan it is seen mostly in winter, and Jogashima in Kanagawa is protected as a habitat along with other coastal birds.

The Pacific reef heron is a small heron, dark slate-grey with an occasional white morph, hunting fish and crabs on rocky shores and tidal flats. It nests in coastal cliffs and similar spots. Jogashima in Kanagawa, home also to Japanese and pelagic cormorants, has its habitat designated a Natural Monument.