This Secondary Area is defined by the breeding range of Japanese Night-heron Gorsachius goisagi, a very poorly known, shy and retiring nocturnal species, which has declined in the last 30 years such that it appears to have become uncommon everywhere and is consequently classified as Vulnerable. Its breeding range is considered to include the Izu Islands (EBA 146), where it may be extinct, and adjacent parts of central Honshu (see map, p. 454). It has also been recorded from many of the other Japanese islands (including the Nansei Shoto, EBA 148), but with no evidence of breeding (Brazil 1991), and therefore additional (assumed wintering) areas are not covered by this or other Secondary Areas. The main threat in central Honshu is the loss of the species' preferred habitat'subtropical evergreen forest with watercourses and damp areas.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Endemic Bird Area factsheet: Central Honshu lowland forests. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/eba/factsheet/388 on 22/11/2024.