鳥

Okinawa woodpecker (Sapheopipo noguchii)

streaked shearwater (species of seabird, Calonectris leucomelas)

red and white oval rice cakes

Astronomy

Tucana (constellation); the Toucan

cassowary (Casuarius spp.)

Bird Week (starting on May 10 of each year)

bird of paradise flower; Strelitzia reginae

Proverb

in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king; a bat in a village without birds

hazel grouse (Bonasa bonasia)

northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis); common cardinal

fragrant orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea)

Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy of birds

song sung by children during the New Year's bird-driving procession (later adopted by door-to-door musicians)

birdlime-covered pole

semipalmated plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)

Proverb

capable or not, we are all in the same boat; bats are also birds

yakitori restaurant

wildlife protection area

European robin (Erithacus rubecula)

Timor dusky sparrow (Lonchura fuscata, Padda fuscata)

Proverb

even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter

highly pathogenic avian influenza (i.e. H5N1)

ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)

piping plover (Charadrius melodus)