Oriental Dollarbird
Eurystomus orientalis
Photo: Szymon Bzoma / CC BY-NC 4.0 / iNaturalist
The Oriental dollarbird is a lovely summer visitor with a blue-green body and red bill and feet, nesting in tree hollows or the buildings of shrines and temples. It hawks insects in flight. Its call was once thought to sound like the Buddhist Three Jewels, hence its name. Breeding sites across Japan, from Saitama to Fukuoka, are designated Natural Monuments.
- Scientific name
- Eurystomus orientalis
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Saitama, Yamanashi, Nagano, Gifu, Fukuoka, Miyazaki
- Japanese Red List (Ministry of the Environment)
- EndangeredMinistry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026)
- When to see
- May to September
- 日本語
- ブッポウソウ
- 简体中文
- 三宝鸟
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A summer visitor. According to Gifu Prefecture, it arrives around May and leaves for the south around September; breeding has been confirmed in places such as Shirakawa Village.
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The Oriental Dollarbird is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Saitama, Yamanashi, Nagano, Gifu, Fukuoka, Miyazaki.
The Oriental Dollarbird is mainly seen in May to September. A summer visitor. According to Gifu Prefecture, it arrives around May and leaves for the south around September; breeding has been confirmed in places such as Shirakawa Village.
The Oriental Dollarbird is listed as "Endangered" in the Ministry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026) (listed as ブッポウソウ).
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