Danjo Islands
The Danjo Islands (男女群島, Danjo-guntō, literally: "male and female archipelago") are a small uninhabited Japanese island group in the East China Sea situated approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) south-southwest of the Gotō Islands and administratively part of the city of Gotō, Nagasaki Prefecture. The five main islands of O-shima (男島) Kuroki-jima (クロキ島), Yori-shima (寄島), Hanaguri-jima (ハナグリ島), and Me-shima (女島) together stretch some 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from north to south and cover an area of 4.7 square kilometres (1.8 sq mi). The islands, their flora, and their fauna are protected as a Natural Monument, Biotic Community Protection Forest, Special Wildlife Protection Area, and Important Bird Area. Birds found on the islands include the Japanese murrelet, streaked shearwater, brown booby, Ryukyu robin, Japanese wood pigeon, and Pleske's grasshopper warbler.
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References
- ^ Seki Shinichi 関伸一 (December 2010). 男女群島の鳥類 [Avifauna of the Danjo Islands, located in the north-eastern part of the East China Sea] (PDF). 森林総合研究所研究報告 (Bulletin of FFPRI) (in Japanese). 9 (4): 193–205. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ 男女（だんじょ）群島生物群集保護林 [Danjo Islands Biotic Community Protection Forest] (in Japanese). Forestry Agency. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ 男女群島 [Danjo Islands] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ 国指定鳥獣保護区一覧 [List of National Wildlife Protection Areas] (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ 国指定男女群島鳥獣保護区 [Danjo Islands National Wildlife Protection Area] (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Danjo Islands". BirdLife International. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Danjo Islands - Marine". BirdLife International. Retrieved 8 April 2021.