27th International Ornithological Congress Vancouver, Canada 20th Aug. 2018
Research Coordination Committee on Bird Marking Workshop

Introduction of Japanese Bird Banding
Association (JBBA) and Website
Yusuke Sawa
Hisashi Sugawa(JBBA Website Committee)

About JBBA Purposes:• The good management and development of Japanese bird
banding activities• Contributions to ornithological research and conservation of wildbirds

 Founded : 1986
 Membership : 426 members (as of 2017)
Banders and other members who are interested inbanding. (including 1 from Korea)

http://birdbanding-assn.jp/Activities of JBBA
1. Publish the Bulletin of Japanese Bird Banding
Association
2. Hold the Annual meeting of JBBA
3. Promote the survey and research
3.1 International cooperate banding survey
3.2 Identification manuals
3.3 Collection of bird biometrics data
3.4 Breeding bird monitoring by bird banding
4. Portal site of colour marking in Japan

FYR: Active banders in Japan: a total of 428 (as of 2015)

1. The Bulletin of JBBA
• Issued twice a year
• Publish original articles on all
aspects of avian ecology, notonly the results of ringing• All of articles (since 1986) are
published online.
(Membership is required forbrowsing articles publishedlast 2 years.)
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jbba/-char/ja

3. Promote the survey and research

2. Annual meeting Annual meeting is held every year to share theinformation and knowledge of Bird Banding【Symposium title of recent years】
YearPlace

Symposium Title

2012

Tokyo

Barn Swallows & Bird Banding

2013

Shiga

Bird Banding & Wetlands Conservation

2014

Niigata

Towards Identification Guide to Birds in JapanKey Note Lecturer: Lars Svensson
Title: A bird in the hand －dead or alive－

2015

Hokkaido

The Significance and practical use of breeding birds
monitoring by bird banding

2016

Chiba

Banding of Waterfowls and Seabirds – explore theattractions and challenges-

2017

ShimaneBird Migration in Shimane – Case study from wintering
waterfowls and staging passerines-

3.1 International cooperate banding surveys
were implemented to raise awareness and skills inoverseas and develop the relationship between
organization
Year
Country
Place
Xuan Thuy National Park／
2015〜2018 Vietnam
Bavi national park
Hualien・Changhua County
2012〜2014 Taiwan／Kaohsiung・Tainan
2009〜2011 Korea
Nakdong-gang river mouse
2005〜2007 Korea
Hongdo／Heuksando
1999〜2003 Russia
Sakhalin／Kamchatka

3.2 Identification manuals

3.3 Collection of bird biometrics data

Publish the identification manuals of birds in the Bulletin ofJBBA, which are effective to identify species, sex and age.

Collect the bird biometrics data such as wing
span, tarsus, tail and so on) and publish in thebulletin of JBBA

【Recent achievements】

 Fukai N. 2016. Identification of age of Brown Hawk Owl Ninox
scutulata. The Bulletin of the Japanese Bird Banding Association
28(1): 22-28

 Saito T, Shigeta Y, and Ueda K. 2014. Species identification to thethree allospecies of Phylloscopus borealis superspecies based onmorphology. The Bulletin of the Japanese Bird Banding Association26(2): 45-61
 Fukuda M. 2014. Identification of pelagic cormorant Phalacrocorax
pelagicus by using bone size measurements. The Bulletin of theJapanese Bird Banding Association 26(1): 1-10

3.4 Breeding bird monitoring by bird banding Promote MAPS in Japan
MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship)
has been implemented in 13 sites since 2014
 Breeding Bird Atlas JapanJBBA is one of the organizers of The national breeding
bird distribution census which is conducted during 20162021
Organizers︓
The Japan Bird Research Association
The Wild Bird Society of JapanThe Nature Conservation Society of Japan
Japanese Bird Banding Association
Yamashina Institute for Ornithology
Ex) Provide the evidence of Breeding Stubtail
Biodiversity Center of Japan

More complete information is available onJapanese page
http://birdbanding-assn.jp/front.htm

Google Translation
EnglishRussianChinese
KoreanJapanese Bird Banding Association. 2008. Measurementsof Birds in Japan (Report No.1). The Bulletin of theJapanese Bird Banding Association 20(2): 98-106→ describe the biometrics data for over 100 species
Weight︓172 species
Total Length︓146 species
Wing span︓132 species
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jbba/20/2/20_202-04/_pdf

4. Portal site of Colour Marking• Following contents are on thewebsite for each species
a. Coordinator of the species
b. Contact persons of marked
birds
c. Outline of marking
method(How birds are marked)
d. Outline of marked birds(species,number of marked birds, place,nominated person etc)
e. Web Address on detailed
information and Reference
Materials

Species List (19 sp)
Goose species
Mute Swan
Duck species
Oriental White Stork
Great CormorantArdeidae species
Crested Ibis
Common Coot
Grey-headed Lapwing
Shorebirds
Kentish Plover
Black-headed Gull
Herring Gull
Japanese Murrelet
Western Osprey
Oriental Dollarbird
Daurian redstart
Bull-headed Shrike
Large-billed CrowContact■ Web site committee of Japanese Bird Banding Association• Yusuke SAWA
E-mail: saway1217@yahoo.co.jp• Hisashi SUGAWA
E-mail: cxd00117@nifty.ne.jp■ Secretariat• C/O Bird Migration Research Center, Yamashina Institutefor Ornithology
115 Konoyama Abiko, Chiba 270-1145, Japan
E-mail: secretariat@birdbanding-assn.jp