City:C/Town:T/
Village:V |
Wetland type |
Biota |
Habitat |
Reason for selection |
Matsubase T,
Shiranui T,
Ryuhoku T,
Kagami T |
Estuaries
with tidal
flats |
Shorebirds |
Shiranui-higata
(estuaries of
Ono-gawa and
Suna-gawa) |
Relatively many bird species are observed in relatively large population sizes during the spring and autumn migrating seasons and the wintering season. Visitation of Numenius madagascariensis, an RDB species, has been recorded. |
| Other birds |
Shiranui-higata
(estuaries of
Ono-gawa and
Suna-gawa) |
Stopover or wintering site of Larus saundersi. |
| Benthos |
Estuary of
Ono-gawa |
Species representative of the Ariake-kai are found in abundance, including Cerithidea largillierti, C. ornata, Pseudomphala latericea miyazakii, Uca arcuata, Cleistostoma dilatatum and Boleophthalmus pectinirostris. Salinator takii, of which distribution is limited even in the Ariake-kai is also found in this estuary. |
| Other birds |
Hi-kawa estuary |
Wintering site of Platalea minor. |
