The chest is plump; adult birds are about 21 cm long. Japanese wagtails often sing, making a high "tzi-tzi" call while flying and roosting. * Where to find them: Japanese wagtails are endemic to ...

The decline is especially concerning for familiar species, with the population of sparrows shrinking by 3.6% annually, and the Japanese wagtail, an indigenous species, declining by 8.6%.

TOKYO - A sharp decline in the number of familiar bird species, including sparrows and Japanese wagtails in Satochi-satoyama, or areas such as fields, rice paddies and forests in close proximity ...

“Western yellow wagtail visits the Pallikaranai marshland in the first week of September and similarly grey-headed lapwing arrives in October. There is no change in their arrival pattern to ...