Japanese Wood Pigeon
Columba janthina
Photo: Korea Heritage Service / KOGL Type 1 / Wikimedia Commons
The Japanese wood pigeon is a large, dark pigeon with a green and purple gloss, living in coastal evergreen forests and on islands. It eats fruits and gives a low, hooting call. Its numbers are small, and it is found in forests and islands of Mie, Wakayama, Nagasaki, Kagoshima and Okinawa, protected as a Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Columba janthina
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Mie, Wakayama, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa
- Japanese Red List (Ministry of the Environment)
- Near ThreatenedMinistry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026)
- 日本語
- カラスバト
- 简体中文
- 黑林鸽
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The Japanese Wood Pigeon is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Mie, Wakayama, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa.
You can see the Japanese Wood Pigeon at Inokashira Park Zoo, Tama Zoological Park, Ueno Zoological Gardens, among others (confirmed on each facility's official website on 2026-10-15).
The Japanese Wood Pigeon is listed as "Near Threatened" in the Ministry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026) (listed as カラスバト).
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