Japanese Murrelet
Synthliboramphus wumizusume
Photo: Jennifer Rycenga / CC BY-NC 4.0 / iNaturalist
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
- Japanese Red List (Ministry of the Environment)
- VulnerableMinistry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026)
- 日本語
- カンムリウミスズメ
- 简体中文
- 冠海雀
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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.
The Japanese Murrelet is listed as "Vulnerable" in the Ministry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026) (listed as カンムリウミスズメ).
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